Where to Watch Once We Were Strangers (1997) in the UK

What it's about

Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. When he falls in love with Ellen, a strong-willed radio talk-show host who is set to move to Paris within a few days, he decides he must find a way to keep her from leaving. Meanwhile, Antonio's friend Apu faces a love challenge of his own. Apu is a young Indian-turned-New Yorker who was sent from his homeland with his family's life savings to find the American dream of success and fulfillment. He works hard at odds jobs-- from being a guinea pig in a drug-testing lab to dubbing porno films. Then his life is completely uprooted on the day his pre-arranged wife from India arrives in New York--the woman chosen by their families when they were children, one he hasn't seen since he was 8 and she was 4. Apu is caught between the old world and the new--trying to find love and happiness within the confines of his pre-determined destiny. The film is about what happens when cultures clash--about expectations and reality, dreams of love and money, and life when the timing is way off.

Cast and crew

Director

Emanuele Crialese

Writer

Emanuele Crialese, John P. Adams, Ray Zorhed

Starring

Vincenzo Amato, Jessica Whitney Gould, Anjalee Deshpande

Details

Release date

May 5, 1999

Language

English, Italian, Hindi

Country

United States, Italy

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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