Directed by:
Giuseppe TornatoreScreenplay:
Massimo De RitaCinematography:
Fabio ZamarionComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Piera Degli Esposti, Alessandro Haber, Margherita Buy, Ángela Molina, Pierfrancesco Favino (more)Plots(1)
Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore returns to the helm for this suspenseful thriller concerning a young Ukrainian prostitute-turned-cleaning woman named Irina (Kseniya Rappoport). Years ago, Irina was drawn into an international prostitution ring before being brutalized by a man named Mold (Michele Placido) who also killed her boyfriend. Flash-forward to the present, and Irina is a humble cleaning woman in a building owned by jewelers. Though her appearance would suggest poverty, Irina always has a sizable wad of cash in her pocket and lives in a large apartment across the street from the loudly dysfunctional Adacher family. Gradually, the mousy cleaning woman works her way into the family home, befriending the parents (Claudia Gerini and Pierfrancesco Favino) and becoming a trusted confidante to their daughter Thea (Clara Dossena). As her relationship with the family deepens, her motivations for getting so close become frighteningly clear. (KinoSmith)
(more)Cast
![Kseniya Rappoport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/780/159780580_febd5c.jpg)
Kseniya Rappoport
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Excursionist (2013)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Yuri's Day (2008)
![Michele Placido](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/847/161847658_22fb34.jpg)
Michele Placido
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
Giovanni Falcone (1993)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
![Claudia Gerini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/105/161105293_e563ac.jpg)
Claudia Gerini
Italy
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012)
![Piera Degli Esposti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/516/162516870_dc733e.png)
Piera Degli Esposti
Italy
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Il Divo (2008)
Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda (2011) (TV movie)
![Alessandro Haber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/102/161102487_667236.jpg)
Alessandro Haber
Italy
Best movies:
All My Friends Part 2 (1982)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
The Conformist (1970)
![Margherita Buy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/400/400476_266662.jpg)
Margherita Buy
Italy
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
The First Day of My Life (2023)
![Ángela Molina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273158_c2dbc7.jpg)
Ángela Molina
Spain
Best movies:
Live Flesh (1997)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
![Pierfrancesco Favino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/106/161106081_50569f.jpg)
Pierfrancesco Favino
Italy
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Gino Bartali - L'intramontabile (2006) (TV movie)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)
Nicola Di Pinto
Italy
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
The Moro Affair (1986)
Elisa Morucci
Italy
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
Malena (2000)
Giulia Di Quilio
Italy
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
The Great Beauty (2013)
Gisella Marengo
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Sorry, If I Love You (2008)
Third Person (2013)