‘All of Us Strangers’ Cinematographer Unpacks the Film’s Sensual Intimacies and Mysteries

After Jamie D. Ramsay’s Camerimage Award-winning breakthrough work on last year’s “Living” (which earned star Bill Nighy an Oscar nomination), the South African director of photography changed gears to work with bold British writer-director Andrew Haigh (“45 Years,” “Weekend”) on “All of Us Strangers,” opening Dec. 22.

The Searchlight film is a metaphysical tale of longing and nostalgia adapted loosely from Taichi Yamada’s novel “Strangers,” centering on a single gay man (Andrew Scott) in a London high-rise who is grappling with memories of his deceased parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), while fending off the advances of a handsome, mysterious neighbor (Paul Mescal).