The Stranger (2014 film)

The Stranger is a 2014 horror-thriller film directed by Guillermo Amoedo. The film stars Cristobal Tapia Montt, Ariel Levy, Lorenza Izzo and Nicolás Durán. It is the third film from Sobras International Pictures project Chilewood. Montt plays a drifter who enters a small town, seeking information about his estranged wife.

Martin, a drifter, arrives in a small town and asks about a woman named Ana. Peter, a teenager, directs him to a cemetery. As Martin mourns her death and recalls his past with her, three thugs harass him. When their leader, Caleb, threatens to kill Martin, Martin dares them to do so. Peter interrupts them as they savagely beat Martin, then flees when Caleb stabs Martin. Having been flagged down by Peter, Lieutenant De Luca arrives and confronts Caleb, who claims self-defense. De Luca, revealed to be Caleb's father, calls him a liar and orders him to help cover up the crime; neither realize that Peter is watching. They leave Martin for dead in a ditch after De Luca is called away, and Peter brings him home when he notices life signs.

Peter's mother, Monica, does not want to get involved, but Peter convinces her to perform first aid, which Martin refuses, saying that his blood is contagious. After questioning them further about what happened to Ana and learning she committed suicide after giving birth, Martin disappears. When De Luca returns to bury the body and finds it missing, he immediately suspects Peter. He sends Caleb to take care of the situation. Peter promises not to tell anyone, but Caleb beats him when he insists he does not know Martin's whereabouts. Before they can kill Peter, Martin kills Caleb's friends and sets Caleb on fire. De Luca interrogates Peter, who admits he moved Martin's body, but De Luca initially does not believe Martin could have survive his injuries. Nonetheless, he identifies Martin as his son's attacker, and the police begin a manhunt.

After becoming drunk, De Luca encounters Peter again and takes him a to secluded spot. There, De Luca continues the interrogation and sets Peter on fire when he continues to insist he knows nothing about Martin. After knocking De Luca unconscious, Martin rescues Peter and takes him back to Monica's house. As she calls an ambulance, Martin recites a Latin blessing and rubs his blood on Peter. Later, at the hospital, Peter miraculously recovers and is discharged. As Monica and Peter flee the town, the police capture Martin. De Luca stops the bus Peter and Monica have boarded, abducts them, and forces them to reveal how Peter was healed. He makes Monica, a nurse, perform a transfusion from Martin to Caleb. Martin begs her not to do so and insists that his blood must be blessed to prevent infection, but De Luca ignores him.