Stars from the Arab world for the new version of the “Perfect Stranger” movie in the Middle East and North Africa. Filming begins on February 2, 2021.
Dubai, on December 29, 2020
Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Empire International, and Film Clinic have set February 2, 2021, as a deadline for filming the new Arabic-language version of the Italian movie, Perfect Strings. Perfect Stranger after having been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic and political unrest in Lebanon.
This film won great success and global fame, which prompted and encouraged the producers to do the Arabic version of it.
The script was prepared by Gabriel Yammine and director Wissam Samira, who will direct it. This will be Samira’s first feature film after a distinguished career in advertising and video songs.
As for the participating actors, they are the Egyptian star “Mona Zaki”, we mention from her films “30 Years Ago”, “Ihki Ya Shahrazad” and “Waleed Uncle” and Lebanese director and actress “Nadine Labaki”, director of “Sukkar Banat” and “Hala Lewin?” The Jordanian actor, Iyad Nassar, from his works “The Looming Tower” “Wlad Rizk 2” and “The Blue Elephant 2” and the Lebanese actor “Adel Karam” who played major roles in the films “Case No. 23” and “Sugar Banat”
And “Mubasher Min Beirut” by Netflix and the Lebanese actress “Diamond Bou Abboud” among her main roles are the film “Issue No. 23” and the series “The Sculptor” and “The Reformer” and the writer, theater director, and actor “George Khabbaz” We mention among the films in which he played the main roles: film “Under bombing” and “Ghadi” which was also written by him and also the film Capernaum co-wrote.
The critically acclaimed Italian original, produced by Medusa Film, Leon Film Group, and Lotus Production, generated more than $ 31 million, and countless new copies have been produced that have garnered an astonishing $ 270 million in total worldwide.
The events of the movie take place in “Lebanon” during the Lebanese revolution and facing the Coronavirus pandemic, a group of seven old friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game under which everyone puts their cell phones on the dinner table and makes phones and text messages available to everyone. In the beginning, the game is fun and fun until things get more serious and undoubtedly when the hidden secrets are revealed and exposed to the open.
The producers have said about the work:
Mario Haddad (Jr.) President of Empire International: The year 2020 was a tough and difficult year for everyone, but seeing the enthusiasm, determination, commitment, and conviction of everyone in this beautiful project gives us an endless amount of positivity. The year 2021 will start with a bang here in the Middle East and North Africa.
As for Jean Luca Chakra, CEO of Front Row Filmed Entertainment: We have seen Egyptian, Lebanese and Saudi films recently, but we have not seen a recent Arab film. The Arab world has not produced a unified Arab film for decades because the audience is different across each country and disagreed with Time. Today we are trying to create a balanced environment like this one, and we hope to be able to break this pattern by mixing modern Arabism through the role of old friends // and start a new trend in Arab cinema by presenting work that uses the strengths that exist in each country, and finally achieving an identity for Arab cinema.
Mohamed Hefzy, President of Film Clinic Company, says Wright in this project is a rare opportunity to work with a constellation of the most important stars of the Arab world and two of the most influential companies in the manufacture and distribution of cinema in the Arab world and there is a real creative partnership, even if its source was the idea of a global film
“Perfect Stranger” will be produced by Jean Luca Chakra, producer of “Luxor” and “Mohamed Hefzy”, producer of “Ma Rawa Al Nature” for Netflix, “Luxor”, “Sheikh Jackson” and “Mario Haddad”.
As for the executive producer, Mayada Al-Haraki.
The trio aims to release the film at the end of 2021 in the Arab world.
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