A Perfect Enemy

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A Perfect Enemy

2021

1h 29m

Mystery & Thriller

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Successful architect Jeremiasz Angust is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl called Texel Textor. She is a strange young woman who seems to be looking for captive victims whom she forces to listen to her strange stories. Jeremy loses the flight because of Texel and once they are installed in the lounge area, he will not be able to get rid of the annoying stranger. Although the meeting seems fortuitous, soon there be a turn that will transform the character of that encounter into something much more sinister and criminal.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

06/29/2021

3/5

Maíllo, making his English-language debut, effortlessly sustains the tension and sprinkles in some dinky visual touches...

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Carla Monfort

Espinof

01/17/2023

3/5

An interesting adaptation of Amélie Nothomb's novel that falters towards the end, but, all in all, it's an extremely enjoyable tour de force between the protagonists. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alix Turner

Horror Obsessive

09/08/2021

3/5

One of those psychological thrillers that builds up so slowly that it doesn't even look like a thriller at first.

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Sergio F. Pinilla

Cinemanía (Spain)

08/16/2021

3/5

We knew the gimmick, deployed in recent times by film fiction magicians such as Fincher, Lynch or Polanski... the story works again. [Full review in Spanish]

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

07/16/2021

A Perfect Enemy keeps a certain level of suspense, but too much of this psychological thriller is undone by subpar acting, dialogue that rambles, and a sluggish pace during the middle of the movie. The movie's ending is a big disappointment.

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

07/15/2021

1/5

Ridiculous excuse for a thriller - obvious, preposterous, ultimately banal - piles on psychological absurdities as it builds from a maddening middle to an enraging crescendo of misogynist nonsense.

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Alain E

@AlainE Apr 22

It’s interesting to watch with very good cinematography. As for the explanation for what is happening one has to do an extensive Google search. Then one learns that the intriguing female character is possibly a hallucination. Then the architect could also be fictional. Is there even an airport in Paris?

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Rosana B

@RosanaBotafogo 02/18/2025

Baseado no romance fantástico The Enemy's Cosmetique, transformado quase em um terror psicológico, principalmente no terceiro e derradeiro ato, o que nos leva aos êxtase da insanidade, bem como de seus protagonistas, produzido a trés mãos hispano-alemã-francesa, com uma fotografia alegre e colorida entrecortados com um drama relatado sombrio, roteiro ágil e inteligente, vai nos envolvendo e cativando como a jovem amalucada e conflituosa de cabelos loiros e meias listradas, excelente...

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Michael S

@RT51391972 09/22/2024

I thought the acting was great. The storyline needed some work though IMO.

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Regina P

@RT45936356 08/24/2024

Didn't make sense until the end. I really didn't see it coming. I had guesses, but I was off. Good way to pass a lazy afternoon.

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avindu g

@RT86379654 06/17/2022

Perfect Enemy dives bravely into the abyss of it's subject passing the shallows known before and emerge victorious with a satisfactory but unsettling revelation. Flawless realistic performance by cast the entire time nails it at manifesting the perfect beast in holy robes.

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Morgan D

@RT17062655 04/28/2022

A tense, if predictable, thriller with compelling direction and visuals.

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Successful architect Jeremiasz Angust is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl called Texel Textor. She is a strange young woman who seems to be looking for captive victims whom she forces to listen to her strange stories. Jeremy loses the flight because of Texel and once they are installed in the lounge area, he will not be able to get rid of the annoying stranger. Although the meeting seems fortuitous, soon there be a turn that will transform the character of that encounter into something much more sinister and criminal.

Director: Kike Maíllo
Producer: Toni Carrizosa, Ana Eiras, Laurent Fumeron, Kike Maíllo, Benito Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller, Justin Nappi, Rodolphe Sanzé, Eric Tosstorff
Screenwriter: Cristina Clemente, Kike Maíllo, Fernando Navarro
Distributor: Brainstorm Media
Production Co: Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, Sábado Películas, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), The Project, Barry Films, OneWorld Entertainment, Treehouse Pictures, Radio Televisión Española, Hessen-Invest Film, ESCAC Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 11, 2021
Runtime: 1h 29m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)