When a group of seven long-time friends get together for dinner, they decide to play a game that involves them all placing their mobile phones on the table and making all their calls and text messages available to one another. The script - adapted by by Gabriel Yammine and first-time feature director Wissam Smayra- has also been updated, setting the story in Lebanon in the midst of the revolution and dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Labaki joins an impressive lineup of Arabic stars, including Mona Zaki ( 30 Years Ago, Scheherazade: Tell Me A Story, Escaping Tel Aviv), Adel Karam ( The Insult, Caramel, Netflix’s Live From Beirut), Eyad Nassar ( The Looming Tower, Sons of Rizk 2, The Blue Elephant 2), Diamand Bou Abboud ( The Insult, The Sculptor, The Fixer) and Lebanese legend, actor screen and playwright George Khabbaz ( Under the Bombs, Ghadi, and co-writer of Capernaum).įirst announced in late 2018, the Perfect Strangers remake - a co-production between regional indie heavyweights Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Empire Entertainment and Film-Clinic - has been twice postponed due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and political turmoil in Lebanon, but has now set a production start date of February.
Nadine Labaki, the Lebanese actress and filmmaker who landed an Oscar nomination as director of 2018’s record-smashing feature Capernaum, has been cast in the upcoming Arabic language remake of hit Italian drama Perfect Strangers.
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