What do you get when you combine two of the most exciting entertainment stars in one chilling new film project? A hell of a lot of buzz, that’s what. Following the official announcement last year that the beloved stars of Fleabag and Normal People are teaming up for the big screen, we’re counting down the days until everyone’s favourite hot priest Andrew Scott and chain-wearer Paul Mescal come together in All Of Us Strangers. 

Adapted from Strangers, the unsettling novel by Japanese author Taichi Yamada and telling the haunting story of loss, family, memory and grief, it’s sure to give us the same raw and cerebral performances that both actors are known for.

Watch the trailer for All Of Us Strangers below:

Intrigued? Here’s everything we know about the film so far.

What is the plot of All Of Us Strangers?

As per the original 1987 novel, All Of Us Strangers centres on Harada, a middle-aged, jaded and divorced, TV scriptwriter who finds himself thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact age they had been when they had died so many years before.

This adaptation, however, will be based on the 2004 English translation of the text, and follow Adam (played by Scott), a screenwriter who lives alone in a tower block in London. Adam’s life begins to get knocked off course after a run-in with a mysterious neighbor (Mescal). After the pair grow closer, Adam discovers two people who look like his parents, who died over thirty years prior, living in his childhood house.

Eerie indeed.

Who else stars in All Of Us Strangers?

Alongside the already star-studded lineup of Scott and Mescal, viewers can also expect to see The Crown’s Claire Foy as Adam’s ‘mother’ and Billy Elliot and Rocketman actor Jamie Bell as Adam’s ‘father’.

What are people saying about All Of Us Strangers?

Writer-director Andrew Haigh promises the film will impact viewers on a deeply personal level.

“It’s affecting different people for different reasons, but it’s connecting with people in a way that they really don’t want to talk about afterwards,” he tells Esquire. 

“They want to go away and be by themselves. That was always my intention, that you would leave the cinema and be like, ‘You know what? I’ve just got to think a little bit about some things – about myself, about my relationships, about my family, whatever that might be. I’m going to have a little look inside and I’m going to try and deal with it.

“I wanted it to be a compassionate sort of hug, to say to people: ‘I know that things are really quite tough. They can be tough if you’ve grown up gay; they can be tough if you are grieving. Things are really, really fucking difficult.’”

When will All Of Us Strangers be available to watch?

The film is scheduled for release in the UK on 26 January.

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