The heroine of their previous film, two days, one night 2015, had a single weekend in which to plead and pester her way out of redundancy, and, in the unknown girl, jenny drives. The dardennes concoct a mostly compelling moral mystery. The unknown girl sporadically threatens to burst into life and become riveting, though it seems content to chug along as a classy and mildly diverting mystery. The unknown girl, is a film impressively realistic with a storyline of human values and obsession. Early on, she tells her green intern, julien olivier bonnaud. Jag kommer for mesta dels att beratta top 510 handelser, men kan slanga in lite andra saker ocksa. The unknown girl, however, represents a rupture in the dardennes ordinarily solid output, a work so leftfooted and clumsily insistent that it exposes the worst aspects inherent to their style. Dec 01, 2016 t he dardenne brothers new film, the unknown girl unveiled at cannes earlier this year, makes its uk appearance in a new edit, with six minutes cut from the running time. When the girl winds up dead, jenny becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of her murder. Its the first word of dialogue spoken in the dardenne brothers the unknown girl, as dr.
Opening in theaters and vod september 8th directed by. The unknown girl, the latest from jeanpierre and luc dardenne, the belgian filmmakers who already have two palmes, was met with a somewhat tepid response, at least compared to the. The newest film from acclaimed directors the dardenne brothers two days, one night, the unknown girl is both a gripping mystery and a profoundly human. Shot through with lowkey suspense and the heartstopping realism that has become the directors trademark, the unknown girl is both a gripping mystery and a profoundly human moral tale. Consumed with guilt, jenny embarks on an obsessive crusade to discover who the anonymous woman was and to see to it that she is not forgotten. Which, having seen other films by jeanpierre and luc dardenne, that is something that doesnt surprise me. Like many other films of the dardenne brothers, it is simple, natural, and direct, without using a musical. The cinematography has a documentary feel to it, which together with a wonderful. The plot is entirely predicated on the kind of contrived coincidences that any screenwriting 101 professor would urge against, persistently dispelling the films realism. The unknown girl view trailer get tickets the new film from acclaimed directors the dardenne brothers two days, one night is a searing saga of guilt and redemption. That problem crops up again in their latest film, the unknown girl, an odd fusion of an earnest socially conscious drama and a bmovie mystery programmer that never quite comes together despite a strong performance from adele haenel at its center. The unknown girl the film may be midtier, but adele haenel joins the rich tradition of superb lead performances in dardennesdirected dramas. Jenny shows the unknown girls picture to whoever she meets and, almost invariably, the person knows something. Oct 02, 2016 while the unknown girl, the latest film by jeanpierre and luc dardenne two days, one night, is suggestive of social and political issues such as immigration, unemployment, and economic imbalance, its main concern is with moral character, accountability, and spiritual redemption.
On one occasion, she treats an old man who refuses to talk to her about the unknown girl which naturally softens him. One evening, after closing her practice for the day, jenny, a young doctor, hears the doorbell ring but doesnt answer it. The unknown girl official trailer i hd i ifc films youtube. The unknown girl premiered at the 2016 cannes film festival. With adele haenel, olivier bonnaud, jeremie renier, louka minnella.
The unknown girl, the latest film by the belgian writerdirectors jeanpierre and luc dardenne, is about the consequences of trying to do the right thing. Utilizing the heartstopping realism that has become the directors trademark, the unknown girl is both a gripping mystery and a profoundly human moral tale. May 18, 2016 the unknown girl premiered at the 2016 cannes film festival. The unknown girl mary riepma ross media arts center. The following morning she discovers that the caller is a girl who has been found dead, and as the title highlights, nobody can identify her. While the unknown girl, the latest film by jeanpierre and luc dardenne two days, one night, is suggestive of social and political issues such as immigration, unemployment, and economic imbalance, its main concern is with moral character, accountability, and spiritual redemption. The unknown woman is an odd, dramatically stilted and passionless. The unknown girl feels like a conscious attempt to subvert the standard tropes of a procedural thriller narrative by downplaying them. Theres a rare excursion to the countryside for a reencounter with julien, but otherwise this is a relentless and impressive slice of urban noir.
At the same she is readying herself to leave when the buzzer for the surgerys front door interrupts. One evening after work hours, jenny adele haenel, a young doctor, allows the door buzzer at the small clinic where she works to go unanswered. Sep 07, 2017 the unknown girl, the latest film by the belgian writerdirectors jeanpierre and luc dardenne, is about the consequences of trying to do the right thing. The next day, the police inform her that an unidentified young woman has been found dead close by. Sep, 2016 the unknown girl, however, represents a rupture in the dardennes ordinarily solid output, a work so leftfooted and clumsily insistent that it exposes the worst aspects inherent to their style. That problem crops up again in their latest film, the unknown girl, an odd fusion of an earnest socially conscious drama and a bmovie. The unknown girl is the kind of film that can leave you with lots to think about once it has been seen what might i have done etc, etc. The unknown girl was selected to compete for the palme dor at the 2016 cannes film festival.
The unknown is a 1927 american silent horror film directed by tod browning and starring lon chaney as carnival knife thrower alonzo the armless and joan crawford as the scantily clad carnival girl he hopes to marry chaney did collaborative scenes with reallife armless double paul desmuke sometimes credited as peter dismuki, whose legs and feet were used to manipulate objects such as. A central tenet of feminist film theory holds that the havoc wreaked on the bodies of women propels narrative storytelling. The unknown girl discover the best in independent, foreign. The unknown girl is about a young doctor who refuses to open the gp surgery door to a mysterious late night caller. A doctor attempts to uncover the identity of a patient who died after she refused her treatment. The newest film from acclaimed directors the dardenne brothers two days, one night, the unknown girl is both a gripping mystery and a profoundly human moral tale. The unknown girl is both a gripping mystery and a profoundly human. Inescapably, this is a film in which the death of a prostituted woman from an impoverished black community provides emotional catharsis for an educated and financially secure white woman, through whose perspective the entire story is filtered. A promising doctor becomes obsessed with the death of a young woman when she learns that the stranger died after ringing her doorbell for help. The unknown girl, a morally challenging thriller from the dardenne brothers. Stress is the films whole motor the stress jennys both carrying around and transmitting, to an assortment of. The unknown woman is an odd, dramatically stilted and passionless quasiprocedural concerning a mysterious death.
Its only later that she learns that the person ringing was an unidentified woman found dead shortly after by the side of a road. It is good to see the human values of her character that is deeply affected by her attitude. Julien, a trainee, insists on opening the door, but jenny refuses to. The unknown girl confronts moral dilemmas worthy of hitchcock, in particular difficult questions around the code of doctorpatient confidentiality. Jenny davin, a talented young doctor refuses to open the door of her practice to a mysterious latenight caller. From acclaimed directors the dardenne brothers two days, one night comes a searing saga of guilt and redemption. The film feels and looks amateurish and cinematography is sorely lacking. The unknown girl is a film directed by jeanpierre dardenne, luc dardenne with adele haenel, jeremie renier, olivier bonnaud, olivier gourmet, year. Playing intelligently with the traits of traditional detective dramas, the.
The films power resides in davins growing awareness of her need to uncover the identity of the unknown girl, who comes in distress to her clinic but isnt admitted because of the late hour. T he dardenne brothers new film, the unknown girl unveiled at cannes earlier this year, makes its uk appearance in a new edit, with six minutes cut from the running time. The dardenne brothers onewoman revolution in the unknown. The unknown girl and the limehouse golem the new yorker. Now shes wandering into a scuzzy pickup site for prostitutes, now shes making house calls. As davin starts to investigate, that awareness is reflected on her face and, thanks to the delicacy of haenels understated performance, the. In this dardenne brothers film, the unknown girl, dr. The dardennes concoct a mostly compelling moral mystery with. The unknown girl, the latest film by the belgian writerdirectors jeanpierre and luc dardenne, is about the consequences of trying to do the. Drama film geregisseerd door jeanpierre dardenne en luc dardenne. The film, produced by joel silver, leonard goldberg and andrew rona, is based on the 2003 french novel by didier van cauwelaert published in english as out of my head which was adapted as the film s screenplay by oliver. A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help. Unknown is a 2011 actionthriller film directed by jaume colletserra and starring liam neeson, diane kruger, january jones, aidan quinn, bruno ganz, and frank langella. Early in the unknown girl, the tenth feature from masters of european realism jeanpierre and luc dardenne, the young medic played with affecting sobriety and deeply internalized focus by.
From the awardwinning directors of two days one night and the kid with a bike. The unknown girl is a gripping mystery solved conveniently. While the unknown girl, the latest film by jeanpierre and luc dardenne two days, one night, is suggestive of social and political issues such as immigration. The unknown girl, the new film from jeanpierre and luc dardenne, is the story of a revolutiona onewoman revolution that starts with an acknowledgment of guilt and continues with a. One night, someone rings at the door of her office one hour after the end of the consultations. The new film from acclaimed directors the dardenne brothers two days, one night is a searing saga of guilt and redemption. Their protagonist in the unknown girl is not the title character but a dedicated clinic physician named jenny davin adele haenel. The unknown girl 2016 letterboxd social film discovery. The film is shot in the dardennes typical unadorned fashion, with no background music, long takes of twoperson conversations, and a camera that only knows how to. But what makes this a dardennes film is how she pokes around between medical duties. Jennys relationship with julien is the best thing about the film. In the dardennes latest film, the unknown girl, adele haenel stars as jenny, a doctor who fails to answer the calls of a girl banging at her door. By holly willis in the septemberoctober 2017 issue. Jenny davin adele haenel is harshly rebuking her intern for letting his emotions affect his response to a patient who experienced a seizure in their waiting room.