Joel Edgerton in The Stranger.

RELATED COVERAGE: Read our interview with director Thomas M. Wright here

Following its respective world and Australian premieres at the Cannes Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival, Thomas M. Wright’s dark thriller The Stranger will have a theatrical release in Australia from 6 October.

The film revolves around two strangers who strike up a conversation on a long journey. One, a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case; the other, an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship is at the core of this tightly wrought thriller, based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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Written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, The Stranger stars Golden Globe nominee Joel Edgerton and BAFTA Award winner Sean Harris.

A See-Saw Films, Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films production, the film was produced by Rachel Gardner, See-Saw Film’s Iain Canning and Emile Sherman; Blue Tongue Films’ Joel Edgerton; and Anonymous Content’s Kim Hodgert and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts.

The Stranger will premiere globally on Netflix on 19 October 2022