The Unknown Woman (2006) ( La Sconosciuta ) ( The Unknown ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - Italy ]

Giuseppe Tornatore is Italy's Best Director Today, and Ksenia Rappoport is one of Russia's best actresses. The result is a masterpiece.MovieMars is too big, and lost the desire to serve customers - so try to order from someone else.The box does NOT list English subtitles, but they are present! Enjoy!

An intrusive double close caption even turning off in setting: impossible to read when letters overlap others letters, so much of the technical mastery of Amazon BS.

Good film for learning Italian

If there is one thing to say about this movie, it is fast paced, filled with many many different scenes, angles, flashbacks, settings, characters, and lord, never a dull moment. The filming is quality, the concept with flashbacks is good, some settings are real and the views are generally beautiful. But there is so much happening here, so much it is impossible to understand given that you are to, own your own, attempt to grasp the story as it unfolds. I have not seen a film where so much has happened to a character that it becomes unbelievable.The lengthy Italian film is a dark psychological tormenting drama. Ugly sex, nudity, brutality in flashbacks, abusive, graphic, violent and bloooody. It unfolds with furthering complexities and played out too weird. A child actor plays an important role and it is difficult to watch a child handled abusively while simultaneously, a graphic violent scene from Irena's past plays on.The focus is a young woman who has been in the sex slave, sadistic industry and gave birth to 9 kids and the kids would be sold on the black market. She is in search of the latest child and becomes employed as a nanny/housekeeper and on the hunt with false information. From there everything happens, including fast paced flashbacks, violent episodes.The DVD cover description is deceptive as it provides a mellow description that is clearly not what is described. The film is lengthy. I think I dozed off for 15 to 20 and she was still going through hell when I awoke.There is an excellent commentary by the director and a Behind the Scenes feature. Again, if you haven't figured out the storyline, try the commentary, if not, you might need guts to view again or skip the entire movie, because there isn't enough time to try to figure it all out.....Rizzo

Spooky, curious movie from the director of Cinema Paradiso.Hitchcockian twists and turns keep you wondering wherethe movie is going. At the end you are more than satisfied.

There is no way to describe this movie without spoilers. It's the story of a woman ********SPOILERS COMING*********beaten, raped, forced into sexual slavery, prostitution and bearing of children who are sold into adoption. She escapes and searches for one of the children, committing her own heinous crimes against the innocent along the way. It's almost pornographic in its intent, if not in its imagery, which is harsh, but wouldn't get an X-rating these days. These things and worse do happen to women, but to superimpose a twisted story of misplaced revenge is to really do a disservice to victims of such crimes. This is a twisted movie, not the least bit redeemed by sensitivity, imo. I don't care about the writing, cinematography, music, etc. The story is a weird mixture of attempted sensitivity and commercial exploitation. And, it turns on the incredibly unlikely coincidence that the couple whose name her pimp gives her *at random* -- he takes it off a piece of jewelry, it has nothing to do with the sale of her child -- turn out to have an adopted daughter who is the same age within 3 days and who looks like the main character. I found the concept distasteful. Just my opinion. Others have liked it.

I'm still reeling from the impact of this movie. Helps to explain of ongoing turmoil and its effests on modern day Europe.

A must have, but not for the faint of heart. This story depicts with grim candor the horrors having taken place-especially to women-during the organized mass murder in the Balkans.

Good morning,DVD La Sconosciuta arrives at my address.DVD is perfect, new. Movie is very interesting, and is important for my collection.Thank you very much to you for this movie.With regards.Jiri Skoda

Cadrage, musique, décor, acteurs, tout est parfait...Un grand moment de Cinéma de Guiseppe TornatoreMalheuresement il n'existe qu'en Italien et anglais pas de Français..c'est vraiment du gachis..Ce réalisateur n'a pas la renommé qui lui reviens..A conseiller à tout amoureux de Cinéma d'intrique (Hitchcock)

ero curioso di vedere questo film di Tornatore, che si discostava ed era quindi un punto di disontinuità rispetto ai lavori precedenti... ebbene dopo averlo visto , devo dire che sono rimasto davvero soddisfatto.... trama convincente e avvincente, attori secondo me bravissimi (su tutti spiccala rappoport ed una citazione meritano haber e Placido , strepitoso nella parte del cattivo, una sorpresa)... insomma lo consiglio vivamente a tutti coloro che amano vedere film di qualità... concludo dicendo che Tornatore per me è sempre una garanzia!

OMG! Tornatore did it again! This is a haunting thriller, as dark as life can sometimes be. It's the story of a woman, former Eastern European, slave prostitute, struggling to find the right path in life, but not in a simple way, instead, trying to find answers in the troubled world where she lived. The actress playing Irene, Ksenia Rappaport is simply amazing. All the cast is wonderful. Michele Placido, playing her bald brutal pimp, is soo good, he gives you goosebumps.Master Ennio Morricone's beautiful score completes and defines the mood the movie creates.After Cinema Paradisso, The Star Maker, The Legend of 1900, Malena, and now Sconosciuta, Giuseppe Tornatore stands as one of the finest directors in the world. He, definitely,is my favorite.

Excellent