The Kindness of Strangers(2019)

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

Genre: Drama

Director: Lone Scherfig

Actors: Zoe Kazan, Esben Smed, Jack Fulton, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Andrea Riseborough, Pat Thornton, David MacLean, Gugun Deep Singh, Caleb Landry Jones, Tahar Rahim

Release date: 2019-12-12

Country of origin: United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Canada, United States of America, France, Sweden

Length: 1h 52m

Ratings:

• 6.5/10
• 29%
• 32/100