100 strangers appear in Strange Love short film to fall in love

CAN 100 people fall in love by answering 36 questions? These volunteers signed up to prove the theory for a short film.

Put to the test: Young people volunteer to test the theory of whether you can fall in love with someone after asking each other 36 questions. Source: Vimeo

THE possibility that two strangers can fall in love by asking each other 36 questions has intrigued many, and now 100 people have signed up to prove the theory for a short film.

Mandy Len Catron’s New York Times essay ‘To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This’ has become an internet sensation but does it work with strangers?

A call out was placed on Instagram to get 100 people to meet and answer the questions originally developed by psychologist Arthur Aron.

The result is the short film Strange Love, a collaboration between three young filmmakers including Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola and niece to Sofia Coppola, actress Samantha Reeler, and musician and filmmaker Tracy Antonopolous.

Volunteers were filmed engaging (or not) with each other and sharing intimate observations, made even more uncomfortable by the presence of cameras.

As one subject noted: “I think we are both in this room feeling awkward ... violated too.”

But as the experiment continues, respect and understanding seem to grow.

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After volunteers were filmed staring into another stranger’s eyes, not every couple seemed headed for the altar, but there were a couple of kisses to seal the deal.

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