{"id":5855,"date":"2022-01-10T23:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzzing.com\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2022-01-10T23:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:24:50","slug":"netflixs-first-arabic-original-6-things-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theflint.me\/?p=5855","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s first Arabic original: 6 things you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How well do you know your friends? What if everything they showed you was a fa\u00e7ade? And behind their masks, teemed secrets and emotions that shouldn\u2019t see the light of day. These questions arise when a group of friends hang out during the pandemic and decide to play a game that reveals secrets and darker desires.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the setting of \u2018Perfect Strangers\u2019, Netflix\u2019s first Arabic original, set to release on January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 6 things you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features the Middle East\u2019s best<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The film stars a smorgasbord of Arabic talent from actress and filmmaker Nadine Labaki, to Mona Zaki (30 Years Ago, Scheherazade: Tell Me A Story, Escaping Tel Aviv), Adel Karam (The Insult, Caramel, Netflix\u2019s Live From Beirut), Eyad Nassar (The Looming Tower, Sons of Rizk 2, The Blue Elephant 2), Diamand Bou Abboud (The Insult, The Sculptor, The Fixer) and Lebanese actor and playwright George Khabbaz (Under the Bombs, Ghadi, and co-writer of Capernaum).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is actually the 18th Perfect Strangers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Originally a 2016 Italian comedy-drama, Perfect Strangers has been remade in many countries (Specifically 18 times). Thanks to the movie being remade in countries like France, Russia, and Greece, \u2018Perfect Strangers\u2019 actually holds a Guinness World Record for being the most remade film in cinema history.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A troubled production saved by a lot of heart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Take a pandemic and add massive economic and political turmoil with a sprinkling of despair. It\u2019s safe to say that Lebanon did not provide the most conducive environment for filmmakers. The production was postponed three times and was going to shift to Egypt. However, the producers continued to shoot to grow the filmmaking scene in Lebanon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sooooooooooo many firsts!\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Along with being the first Arabic Netflix Original, the movie breaks ground a few more ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • The first time three Middle Eastern distribution companies produce a local-language film<\/li>
  • The first collaboration between Lebanese Nadine Labaki and Egyptian actress Mona Zaki<\/li>
  • The first Netflix feature from Lebanon, UAE, and Egypt<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    A post-pandemic production, through and through<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Since the film was shot during a lockdown, the cast and crew lived together for a whole month in a hotel. Photographers, local and international press were also barred from the set and the hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    From advertising to film<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Since the film was shot during a lockdown, the cast and crew lived together for a whole month in a hotel. Photographers, local and international press were also barred from the set and the hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So set yourself a reminder for January 20, 2022 and let us know what you think about the movie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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