A thriller that will grab hold of you, The Unknown Woman, directed by Guiseppe Tornatore, who is best known for his film Cinema Paridiso, is a film about a woman who insinuates her way into the home of an Italian family. Irena tries to gain the trust of the affluent family by becoming a maid and nanny to their young daughter and thus begins her quest to find out about the family. At times dark like a mysterious puzzle, it has been compared to Hitchcock. Set in a city that is not named, it is a disquieting film at times, with flashbacks and dreams that stay in your head. Irina is a woman with a past, and little by little it comes into view. Her memories are sweet and terrible and the plot unravels it all.
One opinion that was given on Rotton Tomatoes is quite negative:
Mick LaSalle, of the San Francisco Chronicle says,”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.”
You can decide for yourself by checking it out, originally called La Sconosciuta.
