Film Review - All of Us Strangers

Andrew Haigh's superbly crafted, almost unbearably sad adaptation of Taichi Yamada's novel features outstanding performances

Credit: Searchlight Pictures

Writer-director Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed, Oscar-snubbed but not BAFTA-snubbed new film All of Us Strangers is not the first time Taichi Yamada’s novel Strangers has been adapted for the screen. The Discarnates (1988) followed hot on the heels of the 1987 novel. Haigh’s version keeps the premise, and 1987 as a key element of t…