'All of Us Strangers': A Film Exploring Gay Loneliness and Trauma

Andrew Haigh's latest film, featuring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, delves into the emotional journey of a middle-aged writer and his young neighbor.

Andrew Haigh's new film 'All of Us Strangers' explores the theme of gay loneliness and trauma, featuring a narrative about a middle-aged writer named Adam who begins to thaw emotionally due to the romantic insistence of his neighbor, Harry.
The film is loosely adapted from the 1987 Japanese novel 'Strangers' and is set partly in a high-rise flat, similar to Haigh's previous film 'Weekend'.
Adam's character, played by Andrew Scott, descends into a netherworld where he visits his parents as they were before their untimely deaths, providing a poignant friction between late-1980s attitudes about homosexuality and AIDS and the present day's more robust appreciation of gay pride.
Scott's performance has earned him a Golden Globe nomination, while Paul Mescal, who plays Harry, has garnered an Oscar nomination for 'Aftersun'.
'All of Us Strangers' goes into limited theatrical release on Friday and then into wide release mid-January amid Oscar buzz.