Primarily a comedy, it also encompasses mystery in its back story and drama (particularly in the last portion of the movie). There is much to appreciate about The Perfect Stranger. What also seems amazing is that The Perfect Stranger is Bestard’s first feature film (his short films have been nominated for Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent to the Academy Awards) and that the two actors who play troubled teens that bond with O’Reilly - Natalia Rodriguez and Guiem Juaneda - are new to film (though Rodriguez has acted on television). The actor, perhaps best known as Chief Miles O’Brien on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation, was Bestard’s first choice for the lead, so it seems amazing that he discovered Meaney had purchased a house in Mallorca and was living 10 miles up the road from him. “I found it was better not to know,” he said during a post-screening Q&A. But he did not review the final script before each scene to understand exactly what the characters were saying. Meaney (who, like the character he plays, does not speak Spanish) was provided with an English translation of each draft of the script. Because O’Reilly does not speak Spanish, Meaney’s facial expressions are key - and therein lies much of the charm in this comedy-drama. Colm Meaney stars as Mark O’Reilly, who comes to a small Mallorcan village in search of a resolution to a life-altering event in his past. Reactions, in fact, are at the core of Bestard’s film. “You are the first American audience, and I am sure you will be the best one,” he said from the theater stage. Fortunately, the audience at the Annenberg Theater laughed, which he considered a good sign. 14 Palm Springs International Film Festival screening. Reaction to this early scene in El perfecto desconocido ( The Perfect Stranger) is Spanish director Toni Bestard’s clue to the success or failure of the rest of the movie, he said at a reception following the Jan. With wonderment, he tries this water-and-light show a few more times. When he shuts off the faucet, the bulb comes back on. In a film about secrets and advertising, not everything is as it seems.When Mark O’Reilly turns on the faucet, the light fixture buzzes and the bulb goes out. The closer Ro gets to the truth, the more we begin to ask: What was this secret Grace had? And why would someone kill to protect it?
This is a man with an appetite for power, a weakness for women, and a wife on alert.īut in exposing Hill's secrets Ro unwittingly discovers a connection between Grace and two significant people in her life her boyfriend, Cameron (GARY DOURDAN) and her best friend, Miles, leaving her feeling confused, betrayed, and with no one to trust on this journey. She watches the unsuspecting Hill from all sides, taking note of his wife doing the same. Armed with that knowledge, Rowena goes undercover and becomes the perfect stranger - first as a temp, Katherine, in Hill's advertising agency, and then as Rocketgirl aka Veronica, another one of his online paramours.
Thanks to her associate, tech-savvy Miles Haley (GIOVANNI RIBISI), Rowena gains access to Grace's e-mail and learns that Grace was threatening to go to Hill's wife. So when childhood friend Grace Clayton, who was having an affair with married advertising executive Harrison Hill (BRUCE WILLIS), turns up murdered, Rowena is determined to find the truth. Rowena Price (HALLE BERRY) is an investigative reporter who has perfected the art of exposing other people's secrets. The closer Rowena gets to finding the truth, the more we see how far people will go to protect it. Posing as Katherine, a temp at Hill's agency, and Veronica, a girl Hill flirts with online, Rowena surrounds her prey from all sides, only to discover that she isn't the only one changing identities. Revolution Studios' sexy thriller "Perfect Stranger" asks the question: how far would you go to keep a secret? When investigative reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) learns that her friend's murder might be connected to powerful ad executive Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), she goes undercover with the help of her associate, Miles Hailey (Giovanni Ribisi).
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