A lonely screenwriter finds his childhood home changed in ways that unsettle everything he thought he understood about loss, in Andrew Haigh's 2023 drama All of Us Strangers.
What is All of Us Strangers about?
Living in a near-empty London tower block, a screenwriter strikes up a tentative connection with his only other visible neighbor. That new closeness sends him back toward the house where he grew up, and toward parents he has not spoken to in decades. What he finds there reshapes his sense of who he is now and who he was as a child. Andrew Haigh directs from his own screenplay, working in the register of fantasy without ever losing the emotional grounding of a family drama. The film moves between present-day London and half-remembered rooms from the past, letting grief and tenderness sit side by side rather than resolving neatly into one or the other.
About the cast
Andrew Scott leads as the screenwriter, with Paul Mescal as his neighbor and Jamie Bell and Claire Foy playing pivotal roles from his past. Carter John Grout, Ami Tredrea and Oliver Franks round out the cast in supporting parts.
Context & significance
The film is a UK-US co-production released in 2023, working across the drama and fantasy genres. It runs 105 minutes and stands among the better-received dramas of its year, having drawn warm critical notices since its release. Haigh's screenplay draws on a novel by Taichi Yamada, though the film reworks its setting and details for a contemporary London backdrop.
Watching All of Us Strangers on Ktime
All of Us Strangers is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, complete with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer the film in Farsi. K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it easy for the diaspora audience to browse and settle in for a film built around memory and distance from home, themes that carry their own resonance for viewers far from where they grew up.