Perfect Strangers

"A Chilling Romance"

Feb 26 2004 PG-13 1h 36m
Drama, Romance, Thriller

When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.

Plot

Melanie is out with the girls in a country town on New Zealand's wild but beautiful West Coast when she meets the perfect stranger. The inevitable question 'your place or mine?' arises and Melanie chooses his, not knowing it is a fishing boat. In the morning they are at sea destined for the stranger's home on a remote and inaccessible island. Despite the man's charm, Melanie comes to the realisation she has been kidnapped but, gradually, is captivated by strangely symbiotic nature of their relationship

Written by

Gaylene Preston

Directed by

Gaylene Preston

Cast

Rachael Blake, Robyn Malcolm, Madeleine Sami

Crew

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Production Countries

New Zealand

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission, Gaylene Preston Productions, New Zealand Film Production Fund, NZ on Air, Television New Zealand

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 11 nominations

Trailers
Perfect Strangers The Movie trailer
Scores
# of Votes
1,639
Average Rating
5.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA