Perfect Strangers

2016 ‘Perfetti sconosciuti’ Directed by Paolo Genovese

Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life and a secret life

During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever text message or phone call they will receive during the evening - and all hell breaks loose.

Valerio Mastandrea Kasia Smutniak Marco Giallini Alba Rohrwacher Anna Foglietta Giuseppe Battiston Edoardo Leo Benedetta Porcaroli Elisabetta De Palo Tommaso Tatafiore Noemi Pagotto

Alternative Titles

Perfekte fremmede, 퍼팩트 스트레인지, Dobrze się kłamie w miłym towarzystwie, Vad döljer du för mig?, 식탁 앞의 타인들, Идеальные незнакомцы [Perfetti sconosciuti], 完美謊情

drama comedy

97 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Cande ★★★★

Italian straight people are wild
Review by Alessandro Di Romolo ★★★★

Il pregio migliore di Perfetti Sconosciuti non è il fatto che sia ben scritto, ben girato o che abbia un ritmo trascinante privo di momenti morti. E nemmeno il fatto che sia ben interpretato, o che dica cose intelligenti in maniera intelligente.
Il pregio migliore di Perfetti Sconosciuti è che è pure discretamente esportabile oltre i confini nazionali, cosa più unica che rara.
Visto da fuori sembra una delle tante imitazioni di Carnage sfornate dal cinema italiano in questi anni; per quanto sia innegabilmente ricalcato sul modello polanskiano, ha un'identità tutta sua e una dignità che va ben oltre quella del rifacimento fatto bene. È pieno di finezze narrative, di dettagli di primo acchito superflui e che invece poi vanno…
Review by Buddy O ★★★★

A group of friends with their partners share every message and call that they receive over dinner with each other. Everything turns to shit.
Would recommend.
Probably not something to watch on a date unless you trust them 100% with your phone.
Review by Nonomoi ★★★★½ 6

Amazing!!
A strong criticism about the fact that a person never know everything about her friends/wife/husband and these ones also don't know everything about her...
We all have secrets that we don't want close fiends/family to know and it's really hard to accept this cause we always use a "mask" "assuming" to ourselves that we are always honest with close people..but not...!
Even worst is the fact that we don't hide the same secret of all our close people...we just "choose" to hide a different secret depending on the close person who is...
Amazing acting, script..and God..that end is simply brilliant!
A film to think a lot about it!!
I'm so tense that I think I will have some troubles in sleep well tonight...
Review by gloriab 6

Il mio problema con questo film è il mio problema con tutti i film che presuppongono che io sia stupida. La tesi è che… qual è in effetti la tesi? Che certe cose bisogna tenerle nascoste? Che non dobbiamo affidare tutto ai nostri telefoni? Che le persone non finisci mai di conoscerle? L'esposizione è la serata di un gruppo di amici, una concentrazione di personaggi tristi e meschini che è statisticamente impossibile riunire in una sola stanza (a meno che questa stanza non sia lo Studio Ovale con dentro lo staff dell'attuale occupante), che si divertono a rendere pubblico il contenuto dei loro messaggi e della loro posta elettronica finché non scoprono che non c'è un bel niente da ridere.…
Review by franco ★★★

straight homophobic italians do be wilding tho
Review by sofyan ★★★★ 3

Boooom!!!!......
One by one the secret was revealed!
That ending!! 💔 I can't!!!
Damn I'm crying.
I can't imagine if my friends and I played the fuckin' game. Ugh. It's gonna fucked up .
(P.s. I love the concept)
Review by pillole di cinema ★★★★

Girato tanto bene da non sembrare manco italiano, #Perfettisconosciuti fa ridere e godere il cervello. E tira la corda senza mai spezzarla.
Review by Steve G 🟨🟥 10

Oh, it's one of those films where I pretty much had my opinion all set on it - and then it does something with its fucking ending that I don't understand and now I don't know what to rate it or write. GREAT.
Well, ok. Let's just take it up until that point and then see where things take us, shall I? Let's pretend you're reading this and / or give a shit. Perfect Strangers has a really nice setup - the first 10 minutes or so, where we see the various couples getting ready and showing off one or two of the issues they might encounter over the course of the evening, are excellent.
The gimmick is reasonably well…
Review by Glenn Dunks ★★★ 1

What a dumb, smug ending.
Review by luise ★★★★½

FUCK YOU EDOARDO LEO! YOU AND YOUR FUCKING MUSTACHE
Review by Sozee ★★★★★

"How many couples would split up,
if they looked at each other's phones?"
- Eva
Anjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrr apa-apaan nih...
Lele ini semua gara-gara lu ya!
Ingat itu Le!
Kalau kamu mau merasakan sensasi tertawa lepas namun tengah berada dalam sebuah situasi menegangkan yang cukup depresif, film ini lah jawabannya. Itu lah experience yang gw dapet di film ini.
Oke langsung ke premis singkatnya aja...
Sebuah kelompok pertemanan yang akrab bahkan sudah kenal sejak kecil mengadakan makan malam bersama di rumah salah satu dari mereka yang bernama Rocco (Marco Giallini). Lalu seorang dari mereka yang bernama Lele (Valerio Mastandrea) iseng-iseng mengajukan suatu permainan yang cukup beresiko yaitu masing-masing dari mereka harus meletakan HP di meja makan dan akan membiarkan yang lainnya tahu…

Recent reviews

Review by 777 ★★★½

film üstünkörü, kirilgansaniz evlenmeyin ve ciddi bir iliski icerisine girmeyin diyor,,,kaotik bir filmdi keyiflendim
Review by sushinotpeach ★★★★

"this is unrealistic" yes but the drama
Review by Alessandro ★★

Raramente ho trovato un film con una colonna sonora peggiore di questa
Review by movingmatter ★★½

Perfect Strangers is a worthy example that a good script is the base to a good film. The film for almost it's entire length is set inside a house and it is the writing that makes the film compelling. The idea of the film though is very simple, it is interesting enough to make you want to watch the film. Based upon simple human relationships and basic instincts, no wonder this is the most remade film of all time.
I personally liked the moments where Lele stood up for his friend (who's gay in the film) and when the host returns the earrings to her lover. I also liked the female actor who hosted the party. She looked pretty. The film overall is simple and a nice watch.
Review by Cristóbal Sepúlveda ★★★

Having viewed each adaptation in reverse order, I can finally understand what was lost in translation. Even if I don't see what it particularly shines on the surface.
Light 6 🇮🇹
Review by Dario Ortega ★★

Es entretenida y buena para pasar el tiempo.
Me pareció que para estar hecha en 2016, tenía unos modos muy homoficos y machistas en su cotidianidad de los diálogos, aunque en parte podría ser parte del objetivo, es muy desagradable.
El final con realidad alterna no me sienta del todo bien, pero está oc
Review by Giosuè Saibene ★★★★★

Un film che fa riflettere sulla vita personale di un gruppo di amici, quindi persone che dovrebbero conoscersi veramente.
Un film strepitoso e da vedere fino alla fine!
"Ognuno di noi ha tre vite: una pubblica, una privata e una segreta"
Review by Kotekishu ★★★★

For a movie that it happening basically in just one room and for someone that doesn't like italian language this was surprisingly good. I don't think that it's necessarily realistic or it shows the true side of humans( i'd like to believe im surrounded with people that are a tad better as humans then whatever was going on with most of that friend group) but it was entertaining and i enjoyed watching this during my bus ride
Review by soupluvr12 ★★★★ 1

Let Peppe play soccer with u! Men suck!
Bianca and Peppe and Rocco I love you so much I would marry and never do anything bad to each and every one of you!
I have NEVER despised an ending more!
Review by Theresa ★★★

Straight people with secrets is one of my favorite film genres. So cathartic. AAAAAAAAA!
Review by maddielouwho88 ★★★★

If you want to feel like throwing up while you watch a group of friends speak Italian and tear their lives apart, then this is the film for you!
Review by Ashwath Ram ★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This movie was a drama that kept me on toes till the end. There were moments where I came forward to see how the story plays out for all characters. Boy, I love a good drama!! Though i have mixed feelings about the ending (and i would prefer the alternate version of it), I can relate to the reasoning of why it ended the way it did.