Known Strangers

2010 Spanish film

Known Strangers

Directed by| Manolo González
Written by| Manolo González
Guillermo Santana
Produced by| Luis Ángel Bellaba
Oscar Marcos Azar
Oliver Thau
Jan Bonath
Dorota Budna
Starring| Elena Ballesteros
Chiqui Fernández
Alberto Jiménez
Jean Pierre Noher
Michel Noher
Mariano Peña
Isabel Prinz
Adam Quintero
Nasser Saleh
Manuel Tallafé
Jordi Vilches
Cinematography| Helmut Fischer
Edited by| Ivo Fuchs
Music by| Luis Elices
Francisco Musulén

Release date

* October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)

Running time

| 94 minutes
Countries| Spain
Germany
Argentina
Language| Spanish

Known Strangers is a Spanish-German-Argentine omnibus film directed by Spanish helmer Manolo González. Filmed from a screenplay by Manolo González and Guillermo Santana. The movie traces the actions of fourteen principal characters, both in parallel and occasionally connected by a radio program that everybody is following. The role of chance and luck is central to the film, and many of the stories concern violence and infidelity.

## Plot

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The film begins with in a seemingly innocuous radio talk show. One caller confesses his necrophilia tendencies, which was used by a co-worker in order to blackmail him. A student wants to finally try and abandon her job as a call girl which finances her education and a gang of youngsters decide to do something about the violent husband of a neighbour, while a young writer is searching for a woman, who will mysteriously save his live in the end. These stories are woven together with bits and pieces from the radio show “known strangers”, a programme followed by a big and loyal audience of people who can’t sleep at night.

## Production

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Filming primarily took place in Madrid, Spain and Buenos Aires, Argentine. Principal photography began on July 4, 2009 in Buenos Aires, and ended on October 20, 2009 in Madrid.

## Accolades

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Manolo González was nominated for the Golden Biznaga at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival [1] in 2010. The film also won the prestigious audience award at the Festival de Cine de Léon.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Malaga Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-30.

## External links

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* Known Strangers at IMDb