Plot 2

When a sickly-thin man with a thick wrap of bandages over his face arrives home, Alex is terrified and can identify him only as a stranger. His father, Bradley, is ashamed of his injuries; remembering what a 'hero' he used to be to his son. He tries to reconnect with Alex but cannot get close without scaring him. It is only after Alex grows suspicious of the masked Stranger’s somewhat familiar behaviour and eventually catches a glimpse of his eyes through a gap in the bandages that he can recognise his father immediately; the wounds disappear and it becomes clear that there is a bond that runs far deeper than that which lies on the surface.

   Writer/Director's statement

Anyone who has been a parent or child will be touched by Stranger. The film explores the idea that there is a unifying bond between us all that transcends the physical world, a connection that cannot be broken by simple things such as appearances, words and actions, a human connection that is always there from the moment we are born. Stranger exemplifies this in the most basic form: the relationship between a son and his father. As the audience we feel for Alex as he confronts this terrible masked stranger that has somehow made its way into his life, only to finally realise it was his father all along - changed on the outside, but always the same loving father on the inside. Stranger is the story of a son and father attempting to reconnect, told as a thriller entirely from the point of view of a five year old boy. After researching the lives of people who have suffered facial disfigurement and the feeling of isolation that often followed we found that the initial reaction of many was a total loss of identity. They felt their uniqueness had been ‘erased’ in a world where our physical appearances are constantly defining who we are. A vast majority, however, came through the other side with a renewed, invigorated and truer sense of themselves. With the absence of an exterior the focus must change to what is within: the soul. This concept is the heart of our story and asks the question of our audience: ‘Who really are you and -what truly defines you?

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