- The Business of Strangers
Infobox Film
name = The Business of Strangers
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director =Patrick Stettner
producer = Robert H. Nathan
writer =Patrick Stettner
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starring =Stockard Channing Julia Stiles Fred Weller
music =Alex Lasarenko
cinematography = Teodoro Maniaci
editing = Keiko Deguchi
distributor =IFC Films
released = May 3, 2002
runtime = 84 min
country =United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0270259"The Business of Strangers" is a 2001
motion picture that tells a story of a middle-aged business woman who had been sacrificing her private life for her career and a young mysterious woman who described herself as a short non-fiction writer and their spontaneous interaction.The independent film was directed by
Patrick Stettner ; the film starsStockard Channing andJulia Stiles .Plot
This story begins as Stockard Channing's assistant is 45 minutes late for a business meeting. After the meeting, the woman proceeds to call the head of the company and threaten to end Paula's, job. The two later meet up in a bar after Julie (Stockard Channing)has been promoted to CEO of the company. The two then become drinking buddies for the night after Julie apologizes for her rash reprimand and buys Paula a drink.
After some time of drinking a man meets up with them. This man had known and worked with Julie for some time. After Paula sees the man she rushes off to the bathroom and is soon followed by Julie who procedes to inquire as to what was wrong, but it isn't until later that Paula informs her that she had a friend in Boston who had been raped by this very same man, though he did not recognize her now. Unbelieving, Julie asked if Paula was sure, she proceeds to say: "I'll never forget that fucker's face." Julie states that she wants revenge, but Paula said it was over and to just forget about it.
After this statement, there is a knocking at the door. They then answer it and find the man. Paula decides to invite him in where they drug him and decide to take him down into a restricted area of the hotel that is under construction. After Julie runs upstairs to get his briefcase, she returns to find Paula stripping him. She asks what Paula is doing and Paula replies: "If you or I woke up half-naked we'd think 'was I raped?', but if he wakes up half-naked, he'd wonder oh, God what did I do because he knows as all men do that he has the power to do wrong.", they proceed to write nasty, but true comments on his torso.
They then continue drinking. Paula eventually confesses to Julie that it was in fact her who was raped and not a freind as she had previously stated, a fact that Julie has already concluded.
External links
* [http://www.thebusinessofstrangers.com/ Official Website]
*imdb title|id=0270259|title=The Business of Strangers
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