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Complete Unknown

2016 · 90 min

A quiet, uneasy dinner-party mystery that keeps you guessing about a charming stranger while it ponders what it costs to reinvent yourself.

Directed by: Joshua Marston
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates

Tagline: You are who you say you are.
Overview: Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.

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Directed by: Joshua Marston
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
obsession
freedom
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Joshua Marston
Written by: Joshua Marston, Julian Sheppard
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, Michael Chernus, Azita Ghanizada, Chris Lowell, Dola Rashad
Music: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Cinematography: Christos Voudouris
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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