Alessandro Haber, Clara Dossena, Claudia Gerini
A young East European prostitute-turned-cleaning lady is intent on carrying out a mysterious mission in Italy.
DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
Stats: 247 reviews
Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso is one of my all-time favorite films so, from the beginning, I had high expectations for La Sconosciuta. Let me save you the trouble of finding this out for yourself, this is NOTHING like his earlier minor masterpiece. This is ...( read more)
Fantastic Italian mystery. From the opening moments questions begin to arise. Who is this woman? Why is she doing that? What happened in her past? and so forth. The film takes it's time when answering them but never in a slow and boring, or hurried expositional way. The revelatio...( read more)
Like an army of films rushing at you all at once. Frustrating to follow sometimes (best to just let it fall all over you), but the sheer strength of Kseniya Rappoport's performance pulls you through the film and her character's life. It's a stunning portrayal of love, fear, and d...( read more)
Giuseppe Tornatore is one of those names that every true Film lover should recognize and bow to, when heard. An unusual filmmaker that always cared more about making good films rather than lots. The Unknown is only his 8th film, six years after Malèna and nineteen a...( read more)
It's amazing how 2006 turned out to be one of the greatest years for foreign cinema and the proof for that; my top three of that year is formed of three European movies and The Unknown is without any doubt one of them. Guiseppe Tornatore always waits for some years to release a n...( read more)
I found this as a good thriller. Got me interested of why this woman kept stalking this family neighbour. Several scenes were mildly pornographic and disturbing to this mystery, flashbacks from this woman to present annoyed me a little of what it was trying to say. It got intense...( read more)
Tornatore may not accomplish Hitchcock's slick methods, but The Unknown Woman is a dark and perplexing tale that succeeds in maintaining intrigue. The audience may become distracted by ominous clocks, dying vegetation and darting eyes, but the underlying tragic story drives the m...( read more)
Que buena pelicula eh!, neta, las actuaciones, la historia y el final inesperado. Excelente!
An original script, outstanding cinematography and beautiful performance by actors, especially Kseniya Rappoport. Catches you right into the story.
Plays like a cross between Hitchcock and tabloid feminism, a mix that shouldn't work and doesn't. full review
A spellbinder with a lot of Hitchcock touches and an Ennio Morricone score to match. full review
The whole movie hangs on the gradual unraveling of the central mystery and is made with the expectation that the audience is fascinated and hanging on every tidbit. But Tornatore overplays his hand. full review
The Unknown Woman begins the same way director Giuseppe Tornatore's last film, Malena, operated throughout: by ogling a fine female form. full review
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