Friend of the World (2020) on Netflix
TV-MA202050mComedyHorrorSci-Fi
Diane wakes in a bunker full of dead bodies after a massacre. A man calling himself General Gore gives her food and water while he questions how she got in.
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- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb4.7/10162 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes91%
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Plot summary
A filmmaker named Diane comes to inside a bunker ringed with dead bodies after a brutal massacre. She tries to find a way out of the structure, collapses at the bottom of an elevator shaft, and a stranger who calls himself General Gore finds her there. Gore gives her food and water while he questions who she is and how she entered the bunker, and he plays mind games with her. Shaken, Diane struggles to piece her memories together, though she remembers being brought there against her will. She also tells him about a film of her own that she had been creating.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Friend of the World (2020)
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- Alexandra Slade's character Diane was originally written as a young man; scheduling conflicts and delays led to rewrites, and Slade was ultimately cast in the role.
- Nick Young got the role of General Gore after he was stumbled upon while performing on stage and was asked to audition by mobile video.
- Corin Totin of Sick Flix noted that the film's background score is an almost unrecognizably discordant version of Ode to Joy.
