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The Unknown Review
Cannes film festival: A man is terrified to wake up in Seydoux’s body in this metempsychotic mystery film about gender identity
TL;DR
- The film is a supernatural noir mystery adapted from a graphic novel.
- David Zimmerman, a photographer, wakes up in the body of Eve after a New Year's Eve party.
- The situation is complicated by an invader who had taken over Eve's consciousness and then David's body.
- The film explores themes of identity, gender, and the unknowability of the self.
- The ending is unresolved, leaving the characters and audience in a state of bewilderment.