A Perfect Enemy

A Perfect Enemy is a 2020 psychological thriller directed by Kike Maíllo based on Amélie Nothomb's novel The Enemy's Cosmetique. The film is a Spanish-German-French international co-production starring Tomasz Kot and Athena Strates alongside Marta Nieto and Dominique Pinon.

A Perfect Enemy
Film poster
Directed byKike Maíllo
Written by
Based onThe Enemy's Cosmetique
by Amélie Nothomb
Starring
Production
companies
  • Sábado Películas
  • Barry Films
  • The Project
  • Hessen-Invest Film
Release dates
  • 16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) (Sitges)
  • 29 January 2021 (2021-01-29) (Filmin)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Germany
  • France
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The plot tracks the psychological nightmare that ensues after the casual meeting between an architect and a chatty woman in an airport.[1]

Cast

Production

The film is a Spanish-German-French co-production by Sábado Películas, Barry Films, The Project, and Hessen-Invest Film.[2]

Release

The film was presented at the 53rd Sitges Film Festival on 16 October 2020.[2][5] It was released on Filmin streaming on 29 January 2021, reportedly becoming the largest release on the platform up to that date.[6]

Reception

According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, A Perfect Enemy has a 86% approval rating based on 14 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 6.0/10.[7]

Phil Hoad of The Guardian rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "well-written, devious Euro-thriller".[3]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that the story "works", with the viewer feeling "trapped in the waiting room of that airport, at the mercy of the lurking and morbid tales of a stranger", summing up the film as a "psychothriller that relates perfection with (self-)destruction".[8]

See also

References
  1. Goodfellow, Melanie (21 February 2020). "Pulsar Content posts first deals on 'A Perfect Enemy' (exclusive)". ScreenDaily.
  2. Rivera, Alfonso (16 October 2020). "Review: A Perfect Enemy". Cineuropa.
  3. Hoad, Phil (29 June 2021). "A Perfect Enemy review – devious Euro-thriller with the manic pixie dream girl from hell". The Guardian.
  4. Mury, Cécile (21 December 2021). "A Perfect enemy". Télérama.
  5. García, Julián (16 October 2020). "'Cosmética del enemigo': esos abominables fantasmas del pasado". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  6. "«Cosmética del enemigo» es el estreno más visto en la historia de Filmin". 73tv. 2 February 2021.
  7. "A Perfect Enemy". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. Pinilla, Sergio F. (28 January 2021). "Cosmética del enemigo". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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