All of Us Strangers (2023)

Adam is a writer living quietly in an almost-empty apartment building when Harry, another resident, introduces himself. As they forge a relationship, Adam is working on some writing about his late parents and is drawn back to his childhood neighborhood. While there, he's able to visit with his parents who are eager to learn all about who he has become in their absence.

Despite the fantastical set-up, it's a lovely and melancholy piece. Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are heartbreaking as lonely men desperate for connection. Equally heartbreaking are Jamie Bell and Claire Foy as parents who were failing their son in ways most parents fail their children but are now being given the hindsight to consider how their son was affected. 

Though not always easy to follow, this is worth the effort.

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