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- Perfect Strangers — which is expected to release on Netflix globally Jan. 20, 2022 — could become a major talking point and push boundaries in terms of Arab films.
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Helmed by debutant Lebanese commercial director Wissam Smayra, the Beirut-set Arabic version of Perfect Strangersadheres closely to the original Italian version (chiefly due to contractual obligations with Italian rights holder, Medusa Film). A group of upper-class friends in their mid-40s hold a dinner party to get acquainted with the new girlfrie...
Production-wise, Netflix has had a patchy start in the Arab world. Its first TV show, the Jordanian teenage horror drama Jinn (2019), was met with derision by critics and audiences alike, sparking controversy in the Hashemite Kingdom for itstame kissing scenes. Paranormal, the big 2020 adaptation of the Egyptian cult novel series, failed to become ...
Yet despite its formal timidity, the film does work on numerous levels. It has a remarkably brisk and natural flow, aided by pointed dialogue adequately adapted to the Arab setting. Adel Karam’s familiarly unsubtle turn aside, Perfect Strangers offers an eclectic collection of skilfully modulated performances that elevate the material. Mona Zaki, a...
In the wake of the public outcry, multiple Egyptian MPs and lawyers have moved to ban the film, ban Netflix, and criminalise homosexuality. And in the most surreal of actions, Egy Best, the notorious Egyptian pirating website, has refused to upload the film in protest at its “indecent content”. Like the Cannes-winning Egyptian indie film Feathers f...
Feb 14, 2022 · On January 20, Netflix released Perfect Strangers, its first original feature film in Arabic. A remake of the Italian film of the same name, Wissam Smayra’s masterpiece has drawn a lot of...
Jan 24, 2022 · DUBAI: It’s been a long time since an Arabic-language film has dominated conversation across the Arab world quite like “Perfect Strangers” currently is.
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Mar 9, 2022 · In the West, for many of us fans of Arab cinema, the feature comes as a breath of fresh air. It defies the usual stereotypical narratives of terror, war and violence that dominate Western representation of the region and offers a complex image of Arab society.
Feb 8, 2022 · While it was expected to become a major talking point and push boundaries — featuring a gay character and other storylines considered taboo and rarely discussed outright on screen in many Middle East countries — few would have anticipated the immediate wave of controversy it would provoke.
Jan 31, 2022 · The latest moral panic to take the region by storm is over Netflix’s first Arabic-language production, “Ashab wala a’azz” (Netflix markets the film as “Perfect Strangers,” but the title’s translation loosely means “best friends”).
