

The Kindness of Strangers
2019-12-12 · 112 min · ★ 6.4
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.
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- Directors
- Lone Scherfig
- Production companies
- HanWay Films, Ingenious Media, Apollo Media, Entertainment One, Vertical, SF Studios, D'Artagnan, Film i Väst, ARTE, Téléfilm Canada, Ontario Creates
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Canada, United States of America, France, Sweden
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Zoe KazanClara
Andrea RiseboroughAlice
Tahar RahimMarc
Caleb Landry JonesJeff
Jay BaruchelJohn Peter
Bill NighyTimofey
David DencikLars
Jack FultonAnthony
Will BowesHamilton
Patricia McKenzieClaire
Masa LizdekMary
Gugun Deep SinghSingh
Esben SmedRichard
JoAnn NordstromEllen
Daniel KashJeff's Landlord
Lisa CodringtonBonnie
Kim RobertsFemale Plainclothes
Rodrigo Fernandez-StollLaundry Worker
Samantha WanReceptionist
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