Available on Netflix since Wednesday October 19, the film The Stranger has been a great success. This thriller full of suspense is actually taken from a terrible news item that occurred in 2003.
The thrillers have the wind in their sails netflix. After the series Dahmer Where The Watcherit’s the movie’s turn The Stranger to reach the top of the most viewed programs on the platform. Presented in the “Un certain regard” section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, this new feature film won over the public thanks to its dark and chilling plot. This thriller, directed by Australian Thomas M. Wright and featuring actors Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton, is taken from a true story. As reported Tele-Leisurethis Tuesday, October 25, it is the adaptation of a high profile news item in Queensland, Australia, in December 2003: the Daniel Morcombe case.
A teenager, by the name of Daniel Morcombe, wants to go to the mall to go to the hairdresser and buy some Christmas presents. For this he must take the bus at an unofficial stop under the Kiel Mountain Road viaduct. After his bus breaks down, the young man misses the replacement vehicle. During this period of time, he disappears without giving any newsenough to push his parents to warn the authorities, who quickly opened an investigation.
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“Mr. Big Police Operation”
Investigators then found a suspiciousnamelyr Brett Peter Cowan, a man with a history of sexual assault. But for lack of evidence, he is not arrested. The police then decide to try everything by launching a special operation to obtain his confession: “Mr. Big police operation”. Concretely, agents dressed in civilian clothes impersonate members of a fake criminal organization in order to get in touch and befriend the suspect. A relationship of trust is born between one of them and Brett Peter Cowan, so much so that the latter ended up with him confess to kidnapping and strangling the teenager, before burying his body. It is this relationship that is at the heart of the film. The Strangermore than the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Morcombe.