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The Comfort of Strangers

A couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.

Director

Paul Schrader

Year

Genre

drama, thriller

Box Office

$1,244,381

Production

Sovereign Pictures,Erre Produzioni,The Rank Organisation,Reteitalia

Awards

1 win

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Robert

Christopher Walken

Colin

Mary

Natasha Richardson

Caroline

Concierge

Manfredi Aliquo

Waiter

Waiter

Hotel Maid

Rossana Canghiari

Bar Manager

Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani

Detective

First Policeman

Giancarlo Previati

Second Policeman

Antonio Serrano

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Mary Robert Colin

All right My father was a very big man - The Comfort of Strangers

All right My father was a very big man

Hello? - The Comfort of Strangers

What? - The Comfort of Strangers

Hold it. - The Comfort of Strangers

Voilà. - The Comfort of Strangers

My youngest sisters, Alice and Lisa,
came to me in the garden and said: - The Comfort of Strangers

My youngest sisters, Alice and Lisa, came to me in the garde...

Up at dawn for you and into a speedboat. - The Comfort of Strangers

Up at dawn for you and into a speedboat.

And on the table were two big bottles
of lemonade, a cream cake, - The Comfort of Strangers

And on the table were two big bottles of lemonade, a cream c...

Find anything? - The Comfort of Strangers

And Maria said "Look, darling.
This is all for you." - The Comfort of Strangers

And Maria said "Look, darling. This is all for you.&quo...

- Yes, there we are.
- No. It's definitely this way. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Yes, there we are. - No. It's definitely this way.

- This way?
- All right. - The Comfort of Strangers

- This way? - All right.

What's that? - The Comfort of Strangers

What was that man doing? - The Comfort of Strangers

What was that man doing?

I'm starving I think we're on the right track - The Comfort of Strangers

I'm starving I think we're on the right track

These posters are everywhere - The Comfort of Strangers

These posters are everywhere

- Ciao, ragazzi. Come va?
- Bene, grazie. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Ciao, ragazzi. Come va? - Bene, grazie.

It's very easy to get lost. - The Comfort of Strangers

It's very easy to get lost.

Buona sera, Robert. - The Comfort of Strangers

Buona sera, Robert.

It's the real Venice. - The Comfort of Strangers

It's the real Venice.

There's no food. I'm sorry.
The cook is sick. - The Comfort of Strangers

There's no food. I'm sorry. The cook is sick.

Your wife's Canadian Certainly We lived there - The Comfort of Strangers

Your wife's Canadian Certainly We lived there

Not at that moment, of course. We were
both only... 11 years old at the time. - The Comfort of Strangers

Not at that moment, of course. We were both only... 11 years...

Where on earth are we? - The Comfort of Strangers

Where on earth are we?

- Sorry.
- It's all right. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Sorry. - It's all right.

What a terrible man. - The Comfort of Strangers

What a terrible man.

Mary. - The Comfort of Strangers

We'd like to order something to drink. - The Comfort of Strangers

We'd like to order something to drink.

Or maybe you have. - The Comfort of Strangers

Or maybe you have.

Oh, God. We should have
gone back to the hotel. - The Comfort of Strangers

Oh, God. We should have gone back to the hotel.

- Where are we?
- Robert brought us here. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Where are we? - Robert brought us here.

How's your bite? - The Comfort of Strangers

How's your bite?

Not in here. - The Comfort of Strangers

I can't wear this. Look. - The Comfort of Strangers

I can't wear this. Look.

Here. Put it on. - The Comfort of Strangers

Here. Put it on.

Hello. - The Comfort of Strangers

- It hurts when I laugh.
- Can I do anything? - The Comfort of Strangers

- It hurts when I laugh. - Can I do anything?

Thank you. - The Comfort of Strangers

You know, when I saw you on that
terrace tonight, in that nightdress... - The Comfort of Strangers

You know, when I saw you on that terrace tonight, in that ni...

You looked so beautiful... - The Comfort of Strangers

You looked so beautiful...

- Permesso.
- Oh, please! - The Comfort of Strangers

- Permesso. - Oh, please!

What's it like? - The Comfort of Strangers

What's it like?

It feels... - The Comfort of Strangers

I'm crazy about you. - The Comfort of Strangers

I'm crazy about you.

Don't open the shutters. - The Comfort of Strangers

Don't open the shutters.

Mary. - The Comfort of Strangers

- What about over there?
- All right. - The Comfort of Strangers

- What about over there? - All right.

I thought you wanted it. - The Comfort of Strangers

I thought you wanted it.

It goes around the other side of the island,
then cuts through the harbour to our side. - The Comfort of Strangers

It goes around the other side of the island, then cuts throu...

We can get off at the next stop
and walk through. - The Comfort of Strangers

We can get off at the next stop and walk through.

See where we are? - The Comfort of Strangers

See where we are?

- Just across the canal, please. Over there.
- Grazie. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Just across the canal, please. Over there. - Grazie.

Good God. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Ciao, Robert.
- Dove andate? Venite con noi. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Ciao, Robert. - Dove andate? Venite con noi.

- Somebody just pinched me.
- Venetians are very friendly people. - The Comfort of Strangers

- Somebody just pinched me. - Venetians are very friendly pe...

Robert said he told you
about his childhood. - The Comfort of Strangers

Robert said he told you about his childhood.

Sì, certo. È come hanno detto. - The Comfort of Strangers

Sì, certo. È come hanno detto.

- A bit dizzy.
- I must show you something. - The Comfort of Strangers

- A bit dizzy. - I must show you something.

You haven't been in our bedroom,
have you? - The Comfort of Strangers

You haven't been in our bedroom, have you?

What have you done to Mary? - The Comfort of Strangers

What have you done to Mary?

Carolina. - The Comfort of Strangers

Is this the body of Colin Mayhew? - The Comfort of Strangers

Is this the body of Colin Mayhew?

- Combed his hair the wrong way.
- Sorry? - The Comfort of Strangers

- Combed his hair the wrong way. - Sorry?

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A couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Paul Schrader

Writer: Ian McEwan, Harold Pinter

Production: Sovereign Pictures,Erre Produzioni,The Rank Organisation,Reteitalia

Genre: drama, thriller

Year: 1990

MetaScore: 61/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: $1,244,381

Released: 01 Apr 1991

Awards: 1 win

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