Perfect Strangers

On the evening of a total eclipse of the moon, which is said to make people more emotional, seven close friends gather for a dinner party. Early in the meal time, one of the friends, a relationship therapist named Eva, says that she is convinced that many couples would separate if they saw the messages on each other's phones. As the friends debate this contention, they agree - some of them reluctantly - to play a game. They will each place their phone on the table and they will share their messages and calls with the rest of the group. At first, the game seems harmless; no one has anything to hide. Gradually, the calls and messages become more compromising. They reveal that one married woman is having an affair and that a man who has been pretending to have an absent girlfriend is not who he seems to be. As the calls continue, the network of lies and secrets become increasingly tangled. Almost no one at the table is spared. By the end of the night, the group's friendships, marriages, and romances have been shattered. After the lunar eclipse ends, it turns out that the game Eva suggested never actually took place, since Rocco had refused to participate because he realized how dangerous it could be to play with one’s own secrets: The film thus showed what could have happened if the game had taken place.

Plot from Perfect Strangers (2016 film)CC BY-SA 4.0