2010 Woody Allen directed films in the United States
Encountering Strangers is a feature film released by Sony Classics, which was released in the United States on September 22, 2010.The film is directed by Woody Allen, starring Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, and Josh Brolin.The plot of the film revolves around different members of a family, telling their complicated love life and their attempts to solve love problems. It is a bit romantic, a bit rebellious, and a bit funny story.>>>
Encountering Strangers is a feature film released by Sony Classics, which was released in the United States on September 22, 2010.[1]This piece is made byWoody AllenDirected,Anthony Hopkins、Naomi Watts、Josh BrolinEtc.[2]
The plot of the film revolves around different members of a family, telling their complicated love life and their attempts to solve love problems. It is a bit romantic, a bit rebellious, and a bit funny story.[3]
Chinese name
Meet strangers
Foreign name
you will meet a tall dark stranger
Other translations
You will meet a tall and dark stranger、Meet a Stranger Lover (Hong Kong)、Destined to meet love (Taiwan)
The whole story is based on an old husband and wife Alfie who have been married for 40 years（Anthony HopkinsDecoration)And Helena（Gamma JonesDecoration)As a start, and their daughter Sally（Naomi WattsDecoration)And son-in-law Roy（Josh BrolinDecoration), including the passion, ambition, anxiety and desire they experienced in this process, which eventually led them into a lot of trouble, almost crazy.
Alfie suddenly decided to leave Helena and end their marriage. His reason was that he wanted to find his lost youth and followed a man named Chammeni（Lucy PenchDecoration)The call girl went away.Because of her husband's unreasonable abandonment, Helena fell into a boundless confusion. She first tried suicide, but after failure, she began to constantly anesthetize herself to escape the pain in life. She even completely entrusted her fate to Christo, a fortune teller who likes to mystify（Paulin CollinsDecoration)It seems that only under her guidance can Helena find temporary peace.Even daughter Sally is constantly encouraging her mother to go to Christo, because she is really tired of taking care of a crazy woman who has lost the biggest psychological support and support, even if that person is her mother.
Also dissatisfied with her marriage, Sally falls in love with the handsome gallery owner Greg（Antonio BanderasDecoration)。As for Roy, as a novelist, his career has fallen to the bottom after his initial glory. Now he is nervously waiting for the feedback of the publishing house on his latest manuscript, and at the same time he is also giving Dia（Freida PintoDecoration)More and more confused and fascinated.She is a mysterious woman in red who likes to sit in front of Roy's window and play the guitar.Henry, a good friend of Roy（Evan BrennerDecoration)Show him the manuscript of his first novel, hoping that he can make some comments on his writing.Roy suddenly realized that Henry had a very high literary talent, which was exactly what he lacked.Although all the people involved, without exception, escape from reality by daydreaming and impossible plans when encountering problems, there is no denying that their so-called "efforts" will only lead them into a situation full of lamentation, irrationality and danger.[4]
Alfie and his wife have been married for 40 years, but he suddenly decided to leave his wife and end their marriage.His reason was that he followed a call girl to find his lost youth.After divorce from his wife, Alfie, who was afraid of aging, married a gold digger who was only half his age. He was busy trying to please his wife with various luxuries every day.
Helena
performerGamma Jones
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Helena and her husband have been married for 40 years, but her husband suddenly decided to leave to follow a call girl and end their marriage.Because of her husband's unprovoked abandonment, Helena fell into a boundless confusion. She first tried suicide, but after failure, she began to constantly anesthetize herself to escape the pain in life. She even completely entrusted her fate to a fortune teller who likes to mystify.
Sally
performerNaomi Watts
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Sally is the daughter of the old wife Alfie and Helena. She is also constantly encouraging her mother to find a fortune teller, because she is really tired of taking care of a crazy woman who has lost the biggest psychological support and support, even if that person is her mother.Sally is not very satisfied with her marriage, and she falls in love with the handsome gallery owner Greg instead.
Roy
performerJosh Brolin
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Roy is Sally's husband. As a novelist, his career has fallen to the bottom after experiencing the initial glory. Now he is nervously waiting for the feedback of the publishing house on his latest manuscript. At the same time, he is increasingly fascinated by the mysterious woman in red who plays the guitar.
Dia
performerFreida Pinto
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Dia is a mysterious woman in red. She likes to sit in front of the window near Roy's house and play the guitar.Roy is deeply fascinated by her and treats her as a sexual fantasy.
Christo
performerPaulin Collins
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Christo is a fortune teller who likes to mystify.When she used the tarot card to predict Helena's life after divorce, she said that Helena would meet a tall man with dark skin, and finally ignited Helena's hope for life.
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Music soundtrack
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Original CD: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Music From the Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Issuing company: Milan
Issued on: September 24, 2010
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01 When You Wish Upon A Star (LP Version)
02 When My Baby Smiles At Me
03 If I Had You
04 'Grave Assai'' From Guitar Quintet In D Major ''Fandango'' G448 (solo)
05 I'll See You In My Dreams
06 ''Grave Assai'' From Guitar Quintet In D Major ''Fandango'' G448 (Quintet)
07 Let Your Body Move
08 Serenade No. 6 In D Major, K. 239 III Rondo Allegretto
09 Only You (And You Alone)
10 Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'ali
11 Mais Si L'amour
12 I Never Loved You
13 My Sin[6]
Behind the Scenes
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The original name of Freida Pinto's role in the film is the same as that of her role in Slumdog Millionaire, but she feels that the name does not conform to the characteristics of the role. After obtaining the director's consent, she spent several days coming up with the name "Dia".Because it means "day" in Spanish and Portuguese, and "light" in Hindi, both have that bright feeling.
The role of Chameline was supposed to be played by Nicole Kidman, but she gave up the role later.The producers once considered that Karis Van Houden would take over the role, but it was Lucy Pench who finally took over the role.
Anna Fryer, who plays a supporting role in the film, participated in the shooting of the film for a whole day.
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Release date
France
May 15, 2010 (Cannes Film Festival)
Spain
August 27, 2010
Finland
August 29, 2010 (Eisberg Film Festival)
France
September 11, 2010 (Dowell American Film Festival)
Canada
September 12, 2010 (Toronto International Film Festival)
U.S.A
September 22, 2010 (limited)
Brazil
September 24, 2010 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
Greece
September 26, 2010 (Athens Film Festival)
Canada
October 1, 2010 (Toronto, Vancouver, British Columbia)
Switzerland
October 6, 2010 (French speaking area)
Canada
October 6, 2010
Belgium
October 14, 2010 (Ghent International Film Festival)
Mexico
October 16, 2010 (Morelia International Film Festival)
Belgium
October 20, 2010
Israel
October 21, 2010
Brazil
October 22, 2010 (Sao Paulo International Film Festival)
The film is a typical Woody Allen style, with an all-star cast, middle-class characters, romantic and entangled relationships, and of course, a little black humor.The film is very interesting, in line with the consistent style of Allen's films in recent years: a little sex, a little joke, and some things for the audience to ponder after the fact.(Sina Entertainment Review)[8]
Name of the film（《You will meet at all dark stranger》）Although eccentric and obstinate, the film itself can make the audience feel that the ghost director has really reached the level of refinement.Woody Allen's work is as tedious as ever. On the whole, the audience can't feel any strong emotional fluctuations in it. It looks like a lake, and it is calm from beginning to end.However, although the lake is quiet, the audience can see their own image.From this point of view, Woody Allen did the best.(Sina Entertainment Review)[9]
The title of the film is inexplicable and the content is ironic.To sum up the role of the film in one sentence: this is a family where everyone is cheating.(Sina Entertainment Review)[5]
Negative comments
Woody Allen is still following his old path. The film lacks a true value, and the story seems familiar.The comedy effect of this film is good, but its spiritual connotation is not as good as Midnight Barcelona.Woody shows a confused mood in the film, and the character setting is too complicated.(Sina Entertainment Review)[8]
