Stranger

International Perspective

Stranger

Ju Wai Ren

USA, China, Netherlands, Norway, France 2024 Fiction cor 113 min.

The hotel room as a place where everyone is a stranger. A place that is yours for just a moment. A temporarily intimate space entered by a maid in order to clean it while, if possible, not leaving a trace of her visit. Each episode of “Stranger” is set in such a place. Weaving together a series of episodic stories —some humorous and absurd, some poignant and mysterious— that all unfold within a seemingly confined space, the film sheds light on the distinctive yet universal experiences of isolation and loneliness.

Winner of the best film prize in the Proxima Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

USA China Netherlands Norway France solitude

direction

Zhengfan Yang

screenplay

Zhengfan Yang

cinematography

Zhengfan Yang, Xin Hongke

editing

Zhengfan Yang

sound

Du Chunfeng, Jos van Galen

art direction

Chen Nuanqi

cast

Jin Jing, Yuan Liguo, Xue Baohe

production

Shengze Zhu

co-production

Frank Hoeve, Hilde Berg, François d’Artemare

produced by

Burn The Film

co-produced by

Baldr Film, Norsk Filmproduksjon, Les Films de l’Après-Midi

world sales

Pascale Ramonda

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16