On January 6, streaming platform Netflix released the Icelandic remake of the Italian film, Perfect Strangers. A Danish version is expected later in 2023. The film already exists in Chinese, Korean, Greek, Spanish, Turkish, Mexican, French, Armenian, Russian, and Hungarian, among 24 languages, making the 2016 blockbuster one of the most remade films in recent times. Globally, the productions have generated $30 million. A 2018 Kannada remake, titled Loudspeaker, was directed by Shiva Tejass and starred HG Dattatreya, Vijay Eshwar and Disha Dinakar, among others. What makes Perfect Strangers such a global phenomenon? Universal story The original comedy-drama film, directed...