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The Comfort of Strangers
1990
· Movie
· 107 min
D
MEANRANK
59/100
Every rating
54–67
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 54, highest is Letterboxd on 67.
See the most agreed on films →An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.
Details
- Director
- Paul Schrader
- Writer
- Harold Pinter
- Based on
- a work by Ian McEwan
- Released
- 1 November 1990
- Country
- Italy, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $1.2M
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