The Comfort of Strangers

(1990)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 132 votes

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Fantasy

Year: 1990

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: Italy, United Kingdom

Director: Пол Шредер

Cast: Кристофер Уокен, Руперт Эверетт, Natasha Richardson, Хелен Миррен, Manfredi Aliquò, David Ford, Daniel Franco, Rossana Canghiari, Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani, Giancarlo Previati

Plot

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them, and we also sense they are being watched. One evening, they lose their way looking for a restaurant, and a stranger invites them to accompany him. He plies them with wine and grotesque stories from his childhood. They leave disoriented, physically ill, and morally repelled. But, next day, when the stranger sees them in the piazza, they accept an invitation to his sumptuous flat. After this visit, the pair find the depth to face questions about each other, only to be drawn back into the mysterious and menacing fantasies of the stranger and his mate.