Known Strangers
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| Directed by | Manolo González |
| Written by | Manolo González Guillermo Santana |
| Produced by | Luis Ángel Bellaba Oscar Marcos Azar Oliver Thau Jan Bonath Dorota Budna |
| Starring | Elena Ballesteros Chiqui Fernández Alberto Jiménez Jean Pierre Noher Michel Noher Mariano Peña Isabel Prinz Adam Quintero Nasser Saleh Manuel Tallafé Jordi Vilches |
| Cinematography | Helmut Fischer |
| Edited by | Ivo Fuchs |
| Music by | Luis Elices Francisco Musulén |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Spain Germany Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Known Strangers is a Spanish-German-Argentine omnibus film directed by Spanish helmer Manolo González. Filmed from a screenplay by Manolo González and Guillermo Santana. The movie traces the actions of fourteen principal characters, both in parallel and occasionally connected by a radio program that everybody is following. The role of chance and luck is central to the film, and many of the stories concern violence and infidelity.
Plot
[edit]The film begins with in a seemingly innocuous radio talk show. One caller confesses his necrophilia tendencies, which was used by a co-worker in order to blackmail him. A student wants to finally try and abandon her job as a call girl which finances her education and a gang of youngsters decide to do something about the violent husband of a neighbour, while a young writer is searching for a woman, who will mysteriously save his live in the end. These stories are woven together with bits and pieces from the radio show “known strangers”, a programme followed by a big and loyal audience of people who can’t sleep at night.
Production
[edit]Filming primarily took place in Madrid, Spain and Buenos Aires, Argentine. Principal photography began on July 4, 2009 in Buenos Aires, and ended on October 20, 2009 in Madrid.
Accolades
[edit]Manolo González was nominated for the Golden Biznaga at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival [1] in 2010. The film also won the prestigious audience award at the Festival de Cine de Léon.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Malaga Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-30.