The Stranger

A slow, pretentious mess of a movie. Roxana Zal sleepwalks through this movie as a mother grieving the death of a daughter while a pony-tailed stranger appears and disappears in her dreams spouting such lines as "So much sorrow in one tear, it speaks more than a thousand words". Robert Cuccioli is the stranger and if you see this movie on TV(probably under the name "The Stranger") watch the end credits for the song that plays over them. Cuccioli sings it and the lyrics must be heard to be believed. Cringe inducing, indeed!

As much as I'm a fan of Cuccioli (let's face it, that's probably the only reason anyone would watch this drivel) this movie makes absolutely NO SENSE! In the beginning a man appears at someone's door, only to be sent away - this is never explained. We're supposed to assume this is the stranger who Roxana Zal later encounters - I think _ so is this a guy who stalks mourning moms and . . . . does what? Zal keeps having flashbacks that are never fully explained, then magically ends up in France returning to where she lived as a child (she's not French - is she supposed to be?). The whole movie is a mess and a colossal waste of talent.