British mini-series in the genre of dramatic comedy, Perfect Strangers (Almost Strangers), 2001, directed by Stephen Polyakoff (father - Alexander Polyakov - came from a Russian-Jewish family, known in England as an inventor and businessman).
Many people are interested in their origin, their roots, make up their pedigrees, if given
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British mini-series in the genre of dramatic comedy, Perfect Strangers (Almost Strangers), 2001, directed by Stephen Polyakoff (father - Alexander Polyakov - came from a Russian-Jewish family, known in England as an inventor and businessman). Many people are interested in their origin, their roots, make up their pedigrees, if given the opportunity to find information about ancestors, in England this is quite common. This is exactly how one family decided to gather all the representatives that were found and who were still alive at that time. The family, apparently from very wealthy, however, some branches have long lost touch with her, sometimes due to bankruptcy, such as the family of Raymond Simon (Michael Gambon), who also had a rather obstinate disposition, which was also among the invited, although he himself managed to get there with some difficulty. All these people, most of whom did not even know each other, were gathered in the same hotel and even tried to summon them to tell stories about themselves. One of their guests Stephen (Anton Lesser) has long been engaged in research in this area, he invited guests in turn to him and showed them old photos, often not even known to them. So Raymond’s son Daniel (Matthew McFedian) saw his picture in some unfamiliar house in a very strange outfit, and he himself could not remember when and where it was, and Raymond saw photos of his father dancing on the lawn, which did not fit in with the character of his father. They want to know when and where it was. There are more characters whose stories turn out to be very extraordinary, so we watch how they are perceived by people and what this leads to, how new relationships unfold (between Daniel and his cousins, as well as the disintegrated relationship between them and the aunt who raised them, which Daniel is trying to resolve, although he just learned them all), the result is sometimes quite unexpected. The film is about relationships within a large family. The actors are good, and I watched them with some interest.
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