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Unfinished

2005 · 30 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into surveillance and obsession, where ordinary images become a labyrinthine puzzle that lingers.

Directed by
Sophie Calle, Fabio Balducci
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sophie Calle
Overview
Upon receiving a series of photographs taken from an ATM security camera, Calle becomes involved in a perplexing fifteen-year investigation. She manages to steal three surveillance tapes, and interacts with strangers, bank employees, and a pawn shop merchant in an attempt to clarify the meaning of money, security, and the anonymous photographs. The images, originally exhibited in an installation entitled Cash Machine, are now presented as the central narrative in this unresolved investigation.

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Directed by
Sophie Calle, Fabio Balducci
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sophie Calle
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • mystery
  • identity
  • survival
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sophie Calle, Fabio Balducci
Starring
Sophie Calle
Runtime
30 min
Languages
English, French

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