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The Unknown

2026 · 140 min

A disorienting, slow-burn plunge into another person's skin that lingers on identity and desire with an unsettling, dreamlike chill.

Directed by: Arthur Harari
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Fantasy
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Valérie Dréville

Overview: David Zimmerman, almost 40, is a photographer but no one knows it. When friends drag him to a wild party, he spots a woman in the crowd and can’t take his eyes off her, he follows her… A few hours later, David wakes up: he’s in the body of the unknown woman.

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Directed by: Arthur Harari
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Fantasy
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Valérie Dréville

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
gender
sexuality
obsession
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, mystery, fantasy
Directed by: Arthur Harari
Written by: Vincent Poymiro, Arthur Harari, Lucas Harari
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Valérie Dréville, Lilith Grasmug, Radu Jude, Shanti Masud, Jonathan Turnbull, Victoire du Bois
Music: Andrea Poggio
Cinematography: Tom Harari
Runtime: 140 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: French

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