THE UNKNOWN WOMAN
aka LA SCONOSCIUTA

Year: 2006
USA: Outsider Pictures
Cast: Xenia Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Pierfrancesco Favino, Margherita Buy, Alessandro Haber, Piera Degli Esposti, Clara Dossena, angela Molina, Pino Calabrese, Nicola Di Pinto, Gisella Marengo
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Countries: Italy / France
Language: Italian (English subtitles)
USA: 118 mins
USA Release Date: 30 May 2008 (Limited Release - New York)


Synopsis

Writer/director Giuseppe Tornatore (CINEMA PARADISO) helms this haunting drama of mystery and love about a Russian woman named Irena (Xenia Rappoport) who calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of the young, affluent, Italian Adacher family.

Determined to stop at nothing to become Valeria (Claudia Gerini) and Donato Adacher's (Pierfrancesco Favino) trusted maid and the beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter (Clara Dossena), Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family.

Like an intricately constructed jigsaw puzzle, THE UNKNOWN WOMAN reveals piece by piece the enigma of Irena's past.