The opening film of the Berlin Film Festival "The Kindness of Strangers" goes live on March 26


1905 film network news is written and directed by Basil Shafee, and starred by Zoe Kazan, Andrea Riceboro, Jay Baruchel, Bill Nye, etc. The movie "Strangers" "Goodwill" is online on the video platform. The film is adapted from the famous drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. It takes a young mother who has suffered domestic violence for a long time as the axis. It tells the story of the humanity between the three mothers and the kind-hearted strangers after they fled. Spark is known as "a fairy tale photographed for urbanites and adults in a cruel life".


Starting from the social issue of domestic violence, this film portrays the image of a brave and tough young mother, and through the intertwined life circumstances of the bottom characters, it inspires tolerance and friendship between people and gains. The audience praised "delicate and warm", "unique and novel content arrangement" and so on. This film is the opening film of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019, and was nominated for the best film of the Golden Bear Award.



suffered from domestic violence and wandered with two sons

fate is intertwined to show the truth in the world


According to statistics, more than one-third of women in the world have experienced domestic violence. Even more distressing is that only about 1% of people call the police when they are beaten for the first time. When a woman calls the police for help, she has suffered an average of 35 domestic violence before. The movie "The Kindness of Strangers" uses domestic violence as the cause. It tells the story of a mother who cannot bear domestic violence alone with her two children on a wandering journey and was kindly rescued by strangers along the way.



Clara is a housewife in Buffalo, New York. She has been violently treated by police husband Richard for a long time. Until one day Clara discovered that her husband was also beating her two sons. Due to her husband's background, the police may not solve the problem, and she would encounter more serious violence. She couldn't bear it, and fled to New York City with her two sons. The wandering life of the mother and son in New York is very difficult. They are penniless and have to avoid Richard's tracking from time to time. Fortunately, they met Alice, an emergency nurse, Jeff, an unemployed young man, Chef Mark, and Peter, a lawyer. The fate of a group of strangers are intertwined by chance, sparkling a touching spark of the goodness of human nature...



All members are capable of acting together

exquisite group portraits highlighting the glory of humanity


Zoe Kazan, who has outstanding performance in works such as "The Man in the Book of Love" and "The Serious Illness", singles out the heroine in this film, portraying the image of a tough mother vividly and vividly. In addition, the film also brings together many powerful movie stars: the highly recognizable British actress Andrea Riceboro, and the French actor tower who won the European Film Award for Best Actor with "The Prophet" Ha Raheem. It is worth mentioning that the old British drama Bill Nye ("True Love First" and "Pirates of the Caribbean") guest-starred a rather funny Russian restaurant owner in this film, adding a lot to the film's slightly heavy story. Comedy colors.



Although the movie "The Kindness of Strangers" is a film that starts with domestic violence, the whole film does not describe the violence in large length, but wraps the sadness in a warm feeling. Mother Clara describes the escape as a trip, eating the leftovers as eating a big meal, bravely starting a new life and raising her children alone, so that the audience can see the strength and independence of a woman. The beauty and warmth of human nature are embodied in strangers who become acquainted by charity. As the film said, "Some people have no one to rely on, but they can rely on strangers. Why can't they be more friendly?" I hope this "Strangers' Kindness" will be warm in spring.The moment when the flowers bloom brings you a trace of spiritual comfort.