The Business of Strangers

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The Business of Strangers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Patrick Stettner
Produced by	Robert H. Nathan
Written by	Patrick Stettner
Starring	Stockard Channing Julia Stiles Fred Weller
Music by	Alex Lasarenko
Cinematography	Teodoro Maniaci
Editing by	Keiko Deguchi
Distributed by	IFC Films
Release date(s)	May 3, 2002
Running time	84 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Business of Strangers is a 2001 motion picture that tells a story of a middle-aged business woman who had been sacrificing her private life for her career and a young mysterious woman who described herself as a short non-fiction writer and their spontaneous interaction.

The independent film was directed by Patrick Stettner; the film stars Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles.

[edit] Plot

This story begins as a Stockard Channing's assistant is 45 minutes late for a business meeting. After the meeting's end, the woman proceeds to call the head of the company and to threaten to end the assistant, Paula, job. The two later meet up in a bar after Julie, Stockard Channing, has been promoted to CEO of the company. The two then become drinking buddies for the night after Julie apologizes for her rash reprimand and buys Paula a drink.

After some time of drinking a man meets up with them. This man had known and worked with Julie for some time. After Paula sees the man she rushes off to the bathroom and is soon followed by Julie who proceeds to inquire as to what was wrong, but it wasn't until later that Paula informed her that she had had a friend in Boston who had been raped by this very same man, though he did not recognize her now. Unbelieving, Julie asked if Paula was sure, she then went on to say: "I'll never forget that fucker's face." Julie said that she wanted revenge, but Paula said it was over and to just forget about it.

After this statement, there is a rapping on the door. They then answer it and find the man. Paula decides to invite him in where they drug him and decide to take him down into a restricted area of the hotel that is under construction. After Julie runs upstairs to get his briefcase, she returns to find Paula stripping him. She asks what Paula is doing and Paula replies: "If you or I woke up half - naked we'd think was I raped, but if he wakes up half-naked, he'd wonder oh, God what'd I do because he knows as all men do that he has the power to do wrong.", they proceed to write nasty, but true comments on his torso.

They then procede to drink some more even though they are already very, very drunk. It is then confessed that Paula had no friend and that it was she who was raped by this man. Julia had already figured this, but it didn't matter, for they went upstairs and fell asleep. The next morning, Julie pretends to