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Pure Unknown

Original title: Sconosciuti Puri
Year: 2023
Running time: 92 min.
Country: Switzerland
Director: Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo
Cast: Documentary, Cristina Cattaneo
Music: Zeno Gabaglio
Cinematography: Jacopo Loiodice
Producer: Co-production Switzerland-Sweden-Italy;
Amka Films Productions, Jump Cut, RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Sisyfos Film Production
Genre: Documentary | Immigration. Poverty
Synopsis: Every night nameless bodies land in Dr. Cristina Cattaneo's autopsy room. They are homeless, prostitutes, runaway teenagers. Lately, they have mostly been migrants, rejected by the Mediterranean Sea onto the shores of Italy.

Critics' reviews

"The sensitivity with which the doctor looks after 'her' bodies affords these 'pure unknowns' a dignity which society has tried to deprive them of in every way"

Giorgia Del Don: Cineuropa

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Pure Unknown

2023

Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo