COUNTRIES: Italy, Switzerland, Sweden YEAR: 2023 RUNTIME: 93 min
DIRECTED BY: Mattia Colombo, Valentina Cicogna
LANGUAGE(S): Italian, English
SUBTITLES: German, English
SCRIPT: Mattia Colombo, Valentina Cicogna
PRODUCED BY: Sebastiano Luca Insinga, Chiara Nicoletti
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jacopo Loiodice
EDITED BY: Valentina Cicogna
SCORE: Zeno Gabaglio
SCREENINGS
SYNOPSIS
Every night nameless bodies land in Dr. Cristina Cattaneo’s autopsy room. She calls them the Pure Unknown. These Pure Unknown often belong to the fringes of society. They are homeless, sex workers, runaway teenagers. Lately, they have mostly been migrants, rejected by the Mediterranean Sea onto the shores of Italy. If all rights belong to the living, nothing is left to the dead.
So what happens when the dead have lost their identity? In the face of this growing multitude, no one seems concerned about their right to dignity. No one but Cristina.
presented by:
Mattia Colombo
Mattia Colombo, born in Milan in 1982, is a director, author, and screenwriter. His films have been screened at several festivals, including Visions du Réel and Hot Docs. As an author and screenwriter, he is working on a crime series, inspired by the books of forensic scientist Cristina Cattaneo.
I Want to Sleep with You (2015), The Pass (2016), A Steady Job (2022), Pure Unknown (2023)
Valentina Cicogna
Valentina Cicogna was born in Milan in 1984. She has worked as assistant director, (assistant) editor, and screenwriter for numerous award-winning films. PURE UNKNOWN marks her directorial debut.
Pure Unknown (2023)
WEBSITE: www.jumpcut.it/pure-unknown
PRODUCTION: Jump Cut (info@jumpcut.it)
WORLD SALES: Deckert Distribution Gmbh (info@deckert-distribution.com)