About
Gaylene Preston's gleefully unpredictable thriller touches on fear, desire and anger. One night at a West Coast pub, Melanie (Australian actor Rachael Blake, from Lantana and Sleeping Beauty) meets a charming stranger (Sam Neill) and agrees to go back to his place. Next thing she finds herself on an isolated island. Has Melanie discovered danger, or the perfect man? Many of Perfect Stranger's best reviews came from outside Aotearoa. It was nominated for 11 NZ Screen Awards, including Best Film, Director and Screenplay; Blake won awards at festivals in Portugal and Russia.
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Australian actor Rachael Blake in 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Arriving on the island: Melanie (Rachael Blake) and The Man (Sam Neill) in Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Melanie (Rachael Blake) suggests it's time to go, to the man she meets at the pub (Sam Neill). A scene from early in Perfect Strangers (2003).
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Cinematographer Alun Bollinger and writer/director Gaylene Preston during the filming of 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Rachael Blake as Melanie in a scene from Gaylene Preston's 2003 feature Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Saturday, 31 January 2004: actors Rachael Blake and Sam Neill at the press conference before the New Zealand premiere of Perfect Strangers, held at Auckland's Sky City Theatre.
Photographer: John Selkirk. Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
