Known Strangers

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.

Known Strangers
Directed byManolo González
Written byManolo González
Guillermo Santana
Produced byLuis Ángel Bellaba
Oscar Marcos Azar
Oliver Thau
Jan Bonath
Dorota Budna
StarringElena Ballesteros
Chiqui Fernández
Alberto Jiménez
Jean Pierre Noher
Michel Noher
Mariano Peña
Isabel Prinz
Adam Quintero
Nasser Saleh
Manuel Tallafé
Jordi Vilches
CinematographyHelmut Fischer
Edited byIvo Fuchs
Music byLuis Elices
Francisco Musulén
Release date
  • October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesSpain
Germany
Argentine
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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

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

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.

References
  1. "Malaga Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
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