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Every night nameless bodies land in Dr. Cristina Cattaneo’s autopsy room. She calls them the Pure Unknown. They are people from the fringes of society. They are homeless people, 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.
VALENTINA CICOGNA, 1984, Milan, Italy
Valentina Cicogna, 1984, is editor and screenwriter of several observational documentaries produced and distributed by the main italian broadcasters and often premiered at important festivals such as Cinéma du Réel (VOGLIO DORMIRE CON TE by Mattia Colombo) or Visions du Réel (IL PASSO by Mattia Colombo). The latest film she wrote and edited, THE CALL by Enrico Maisto, premiered at IDFA 2017 and won the Midlength Award at HotDocs 2018. The last film she edited, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER, by Beniamino Barrese has been selected at Sundance 2019. PURE UNKNOWN is her debut film as director.
MATTIA COLOMBO
Born in 1982 in Italy. His directing debut film, co-written with Valentina Cicogna and edited by her, I Wanna Sleep With You (2015), was selected at Cinema du Réel. The Pass (2016) was selected at Visions du Réel. His subsequent films have always been distributed in cinemas and on DVD, preceded by premieres at renowned festivals. Pure Unknown is his first film codirected with Valentina Cicogna.
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