The Comfort of Strangers

The Comfort of Strangers

1990 · 107 min · EN · R · 5.9 (97 votes)
Dir. Paul Schrader · Starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren, Manfredi Aliquò, David Ford · Music Angelo Badalamenti

A story of passionate obsession.

Thriller

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

VIBE

A chillingly beautiful descent into obsession. Venice becomes a labyrinth of desire and unease, where every encounter feels charged with unspoken danger. It's a slow, hypnotic pull into a world of seductive, unsettling intimacy.

unsettlingclaustrophobiceroticmelancholicslow-burnarthouseneo-noiratmosphericEuropean cinemaobsessionvoyeurismisolationdesire
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