Comfort of Strangers is a Dutch film released by 199 1 directed by paul schrader. Christopher walken, starring Rupert Everett. Comfort of Strangers tells the story of Mary and Colin's first love at first sight during their romantic vacation in Venice. Four years later, they returned there to rekindle their passion. But what they don't know is that a mysterious man has been following them and taking pictures of them. Soon the couple learned that they were caught in a bizarre story: sexual desire, peeping tom, deception and endless passion.