If it's occasionally manipulative, this Italian melodrama mixes thriller conventions with a poignant love story and keeps the tension rolling from start to finish. Read critic reviews
The Unknown Woman
2006, Drama, 1h 58m
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A Russian woman (Kseniya Rappoport) keeps her true motives hidden when she worms her way into the home of a wealthy Italian family.
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Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Disturbing Violent Content|Torture|Language|Rape|Sexuality)
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: Italian
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Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
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Writer: Giuseppe Tornatore
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Box Office (Gross USA): $18.6K
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For me, it turned out to be an average thriller, with okay performances. That you can see the twist coming was not as much a problem as its pacing. Relatively necessary sequences were rushed through, while hardly important scenes were allotted unnecessarily more time. Besides, the over-exposure was exceedingly forced in with the "script's requirement" excuse. Other than that, it's quite watchable; just hope enough is left. Thankfully, it ain't thoroughly disappointing, and has a few moments.
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I found this movie a little odd. A little disturbing. A little confusing....and just not very well written, in my opinion. Too many loose ends, also.
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Wow! Intense drama that kept me wondering what was going to happen next. One of the best foreign movies I have seen that has the most intriguing story line. Intense and dramatic. I loved it!
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Giuseppe Tornatore returns yet again after 7 years of long absense to present another movie to the world. La Sconosciuta is dark, mysterious (at least for the first half of it) and tragic. Any information on the story may be a spoiler so i'll skip to salute the wonderful directorial work and screenplay from Tornatore. This isn't by any means even close to Cinema Paradiso, his chef-d'oeuvre, his masterpiece, his jewel ; but it's still one very good movie. it's very well made, trigging the audiance into an unknown path, working out the mystery of maid Irena. You will never know where the film is going, because you never know what Irena is up to, til the closing minutes. If you're in for some mysterious thriller, look no further.
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