Woman Unknown
Kvinde ukendt
May el-Toukhy
© Andrejs Strokins
In the days following the liberation from Nazi occupation, Marie is about to change her social standing by marrying Christian, a wealthy industrialist from Copenhagen for whom she works as a maid. But Marie’s past threatens to catch up with her, and she has to do everything in her power to preserve her new status.
Cast : Mathilde Arcel, Carsten Bjørnlund, Marie Askehave, Mikael Birkkjær
Scenario: May el-Toukhy, Maren Louise Käehne
Cinematography: Jasper Spanning
Editing: Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen, Anna Wistreich
Music: Mikkel Hess
Scenario: May el-Toukhy, Maren Louise Käehne
Cinematography: Jasper Spanning
Editing: Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen, Anna Wistreich
Music: Mikkel Hess
Production : Nordisk Film Production
Distribution : Memento
Distribution : Memento
"A brilliant psychological thriller, Woman Unknown takes us to an era where everyone’s past can be held against them, a time when a form of purge is taking place, but where punishments are not meted out equally, depending on whether you are a man or a woman. Inevitably feminist, the film sends a chill down your spine with its clinical depiction of the fate that awaits Marie, brilliantly portrayed by Mathilde Arcel. Terrified at the thought of displeasing her ultra-strict future husband, and on edge whenever her past risks being exposed, she is the troubled heart of this merciless tale. The sets and costumes, like a photograph with a greyish tone, reflect the harshness of the era, when judgements were immediate and the possibility of incrimination just as swift. Even though its staging is traditional, it is undoubtedly a favourite for the upcoming Golden Lion." (Olivier Bachelard; abusdecine.com)