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The Unknown Girl

Original title: La fille inconnue
  • 20162016
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
9.6K
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Adèle Haenel in The Unknown Girl (2016)
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  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
9.6K
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  • Directors
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne
    • Luc Dardenne
  • Writers
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne(screenplay)
    • Luc Dardenne(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Adèle Haenel
    • Olivier Bonnaud
    • Jérémie Renier
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  • Directors
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne
    • Luc Dardenne
  • Writers
    • Jean-Pierre Dardenne(screenplay)
    • Luc Dardenne(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Adèle Haenel
    • Olivier Bonnaud
    • Jérémie Renier
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 149Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations

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    Jérémie Renier and Adèle Haenel in The Unknown Girl (2016)
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    Top cast

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    Adèle Haenel
    Adèle Haenel
    • Jenny Davin
    Olivier Bonnaud
    • Julien
    Jérémie Renier
    Jérémie Renier
    • Le père de Bryan
    Louka Minnella
    • Bryan
    Christelle Cornil
    Christelle Cornil
    • La mère de Bryan
    Nadège Ouedraogo
    Nadège Ouedraogo
    • La caissière du cybercafé
    Olivier Gourmet
    Olivier Gourmet
    • Le fils Lambert
    Pierre Sumkay
    • Le père Lambert
    Yves Larec
    • Le docteur Habran
    Ben Hamidou
    • L'inspecteur Ben Mahmoud
    Laurent Caron
    Laurent Caron
    • L'inspecteur Bercaro
    Fabrizio Rongione
    Fabrizio Rongione
    • Le docteur Riga
    Jean-Michel Balthazar
    Jean-Michel Balthazar
    • Le patient diabétique
    Thomas Doret
    Thomas Doret
    • Lucas
    Marc Zinga
    Marc Zinga
    • Le proxénète
    Morgan Marinne
    • Le grutier du chantier
    Sabri Ben Moussa
    • Le petit Ilyas
    Hassaba Halibi
    • La mère d'Ilyas
    • (as Hassiba Halabi)
    • Directors
      • Jean-Pierre Dardenne
      • Luc Dardenne
    • Writers
      • Jean-Pierre Dardenne(screenplay)
      • Luc Dardenne(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The Dardennes revealed to Variety that they were planning to make this movie with Marion Cotillard as lead, but it didn't work out, so they decided to make Two Days, One Night (2014) with her instead.
    • Quotes

      Le père de Bryan: She doesn't care.

      Le père de Bryan: She's dead.

      Jenny Davin: If she was dead, she wouldn't be in our heads.

    • Alternate versions
      After its poor reception at its Cannes Film Festival, the film was reedited to be 7 minutes shorter, with 32 changes to the film. This new version premiered a little over a month later, on June 30th 2016, at the Institut Lumière in Lyon, and is the version that was then shown in all subsequent releases and festival showings.
    • Soundtracks
      Bye bye docteur Jenny
      Written by François Petit

    User reviews37

    Review
    Top review
    Well Done
    "The Unknown Girl" is one of the most refreshing and original pictures to come out in several years. It is a character study of a female doctor coming to grips with her conscience as she ignores a frantic after-hours caller who is subsequently killed. She becomes a part- time detective to find out what happened to the girl, becoming obsessed at the expense of her practice and at considerable risk to her own safety.

    French actress Adele Haenel gives a thoughtful, understated performance as the doctor/ detective. She is in nearly every scene, wearing a hooded parka out of season and with a determined innocence and disregard for normal investigative procedure, which she improvises as she goes. The film achieves the 'suspension of disbelief' necessary for films to work, and receives great assistance from an almost-perfect mise en scene on the streets of Liege, Belgium. It becomes real, for an hour and 50 minutes. Ignore bad reviews and see if you agree it is as close to perfection as filmdom can get.
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    5
    • GManfred
    • Sep 8, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 25, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Archipel 35 (France)
      • BIM Distribuzione (Italy)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Cô Gái Vô Danh
    • Filming locations
      • Seraing, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Fleuve
      • Archipel 35
      • Savage Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €7,031,914 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $150,549
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,477
      • Sep 10, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,432,640
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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