Movie《All of Us Strangers》Plot introduction

The currently airing All of Us Strangers can be said to have become one of the most popular film and television dramas. Its excitement is not only visible on the screen, but also spreads to the audience, forming a wide resonance..Next, the editor will mainly talk about the plot of the movie《All of Us Strangers》with you.

《All of Us Strangers/All of Us Strangers》Adapted from the novel written by Yamada Taichi, it tells the story of London screenwriter Adam (Scott) who accidentally meets his mysterious neighbor Harry (Mescal), and the rhythm of his life is disrupted.As the relationship develops, Adam focuses on past memories, discovering that he has returned to his childhood home in a small suburban town, where his long-dead parents (Foy and Belle) are still alive - and they look the same as those who died thirty years ago.Same age as that day.

The sun rises from between the tall buildings, but Adam still has no way to write the script.Alone in the city, he faces creative bottlenecks and is not interested in the invitations and seductions from his neighbor Harry.Looking through the photos and falling into memories, he took the train back to his old place and met his parents who had passed away long ago.When he walked into his former residence, everything was as before. His parents laughed and talked about the past when he was a child, and he didn't feel any difference when he was there.After being immersed in the embrace of family, she returned to the apartment and met Harry again by chance, which accelerated the relationship between the two.Everything seems to be going well in life, but he begins to be unable to tell whether this is reality or a dream...

A sudden car accident made twelve-year-old Adam an orphan.

Thirty years later, Adam, a screenwriter, lives alone in a multi-storey apartment in London.He is introverted, reticent, and even stays at home.

The fire alarm in the apartment building prompted him to meet Harry, who lived in the same building.Miraculously, this seemed to open the key to time. When he took the train back to the town where he grew up and followed a man who looked like his father home, he actually met his parents, who were stuck in the time machine..They are full of curiosity about Adam's experience in the past thirty years...

When asked about his relationship status, Adam admitted his sexual orientation. Although his mother who lived in 1987 could not understand it, after thinking quickly, she said it was indeed, They say it’s a lonely kind of life…

Adam admits his loneliness, but his loneliness does not stem from his sexuality, but is already there.Even before his parents died, he was very lonely and was bullied in school for looking like a girl.Realizing that he was different from most boys, he always wanted to leave. He would sneak to the train station and watch the train bound for London alone.A city as big as London should be able to accommodate people like him.

Later, a car accident occurred, and Adam, who lost his parents, moved to Dublin to live with his aunt.Since then, Adam has felt even more lonely.

Even if there are other relatives alive, there may be people who love him and care for him in the future, but from that moment on, he knows that loneliness is the normal state of life, because there is no forever in the world, and the fairy tale world disappears.His parents, who loved him so much, suddenly left. Is there anything else in this world that can be trusted and worth entrusting?Since life is so fragile...

Adam has a very strong fear of death, accidents, and misfortune deep down in his heart.At the end of the film, he works up the courage to go to Harry's apartment.In this scene, Heigh used all the audio-visual language to let the audience enter Adam's perspective and state of mind.Finding that the apartment was unlocked, Adam quietly opened the door and touched the opened but unsealed medicine powder on the table. He didn't know what happened or what would happen. The silence was filled with worry.Adam opened the door cautiously, and the image of Harry's cold body lying on the bed even flashed in his mind... He was afraid of sudden death, afraid of tragedy without warning, and afraid of unresolved trauma. This was something he could never resolve.Open heart.

The film stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy and will be released in North America on December 22.

Good film and television works are inseparable from the efforts of everyone, and the screenwriter is an important person who controls the plot of the whole drama. From now on, the editor will continue to pay attention to the highlights and exciting content in the drama.