Fresh
Lacks the clarity and parable-like meaning of the brothers' best films.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
The Unknown Girl
2016 · 1h 46m · Unrated
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
,
Luc Dardenne
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The Unknown Girl
Overview
Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne Director
- Luc Dardenne Director
- Adèle Haenel as Jenny Davin
- Olivier Bonnaud as Julien
- Jérémie Renier as Bryan's father
- Louka Minnella as Bryan
- Nadège Ouedraogo as The cybercafé cashier
- Christelle Cornil as Bryan's mother
- Olivier Gourmet as Lambert, the son
- Pierre Sumkay as Lambert, the father
- Yves Larec as Doctor Habran
- Ben Hamidou Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An admirably humanistic outlook, to be sure, but the Dardennes usually demonstrate a lighter touch with their grace.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Fresh
Not an outstanding entry in the Dardennes' body of work, but poignant and very much worthwhile.
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
It's a film that skilfully makes us feel precisely what we expect to feel from moment to moment, up to and including the long-forestalled waterworks.
Guy Lodge, Variety
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