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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #58 The Unknown Woman (La Sconosciuta)

Published on January 30, 2008

#58. The Unknown Woman (La Sconosciuta)

Director/Writer: Giuseppe Tornatore
Distributor: Outsider Pictures

The Gist: The “unknown woman” is Irena. She had come to
Italy many years before from the Ukraine, and today lives amidst ghosts
of the past and a search for the present: two planes of time that
interweave, superimpose, and make up an intriguing puzzle, a taut
high-tension narrative. Who is Irena truly?

Fact: This won 5 David di Donatello awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Music and Best Cinematography.

See It: This was part of the final 9 shortlist for the Oscars and is regarded as a return to force for filmmaker mostly commonly known for Cinema Paradiso.

Release Date/Status?: Outsider is giving this a limited March 28th release.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).