The Kindness of Strangers

2019 · 1h52 · Movie

Directed by Lone Scherfig

Starring Zoe Kazan, Andrea Riseborough, Tahar Rahim, Caleb Landry Jones, Jay Baruchel, Bill Nighy, David Dencik, Jack Fulton, Will Bowes, Patricia McKenzie

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Lone Scherfig

Music

Andrew Lockington

Cinematography

Sebastian Blenkov

Cast

Caleb Landry Jones, Jay Baruchel, Bill Nighy, David Dencik, Jack Fulton, Will Bowes, Patricia McKenzie, Masa Lizdek, Gugun Deep Singh

Updated July 22, 2026

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