Unknownthis is a love story. But at the same time, Andrew Hay’s film reflects on loneliness, the wounds of the past and the search for identity.. And all this in a fantastic setting that allows for a second and third reading. This combination allows the script, also written by the director, to touch on several topics simultaneously. From the need to be loved to the instinct to explore the wounds of a turbulent past in search of healing old wounds. The plot is of great importance, but in particular it shows that the great cinematic novels are experiencing a moment of special significance in the seventh art.
“The Unknowns” will arrive in Spain on February 23, following critical success and, in particular, the interest generated by its sublime point of view on love. Much closer to an author’s work than to a genre novel, the plot was also surprising in its ability to express several ideas at the same time. On the one hand, the way adult love – and especially queer love – is analyzed in modern cinema.
The other extreme is the film adaptation of the novel. Strangers Japanese Taichi Yamada, is a combination of philosophical creativity with elements of science fiction. A slippery slope that the director manages to keep at a slow pace in a script full of deep and intellectually brilliant conversations. Finally, the visuals, which manage to express the idea of the pangs of isolation through closed shots with dim lighting, create the perfect setting for a tale of idyllic love with a sour undertone.
What is the film “Unknown” about?
A free film adaptation of the bestselling book of the same name by Japanese Taichi Yamada. Unknown tells the story of an adult romance between two lonely men. Adam (Andrew Scott from Sherlock and Fleabag) is a writer who spends his days feeling overwhelmed by the incompleteness of his life. Trapped in an apartment where he has little contact with the outside world, he also has to deal with the pain of the complex and difficult relationship he maintains with his past. So falling in love is not in your plans, especially in the midst of a critical moment in your life.
Everything changes when she meets Harry (Paul Mescal). The love between them will be immediate, but it will also make Adam question the way he has lived until now. Gradually, what begins as a night of intimacy culminates as Adam’s mental and spiritual quest to come to terms with what he has left behind. Which will lead him back to the city of his childhood. So you have to accept that there is a supernatural element. this forces him to make a journey that he did not think was necessary to cure the pain that tormented him.
Unknown stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy, some of the best young English actors working today. Andrew Hay, executive producer of the acclaimed gay drama, is behind the production. lookingfrom which the film inherited its urban and sensitive atmosphere.
Source: Hiper Textual
