Complete Unknown Page #6

Synopsis: This shape-shifting tale of the perils and pleasures of self-reinvention begins at a dinner party, when Tom's (Michael Shannon) co-worker arrives with an intriguing date named Alice (Rachel Weisz). Tom is convinced he knows her, but she refuses to acknowledge their history. And when Alice makes a hasty exit, Tom sets off after her. What follows is an all-night odyssey shared by two people, one needing to change his life, the other questioning how to stop changing.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Joshua Marston
Production: Parts and Labor
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2016
91 min
$187,145
Website
247 Views


I needed something else.

Now, how did you two

end up together?

Oh, we're not together.

[Nina]

Wait, you're not a couple.

Oh, no.

No, we're friends.

He has a lovely wife

named Ramina.

-[Nina] Huh.

-[Roger] Here.

Something,

by the way of thanks.

It's grilled goat meat.

-[gasps]

-Eat.

Thanks.

It's not bad

for the the cholesterol.

You should tell

your patients.

It's a Haitian specialty.

I will let them know.

All right.

We slaughtered her

in a special ritual

so eating her flesh

makes you blessed.

[Nina laughs]

Stop it.

They're gonna think

you're serious.

He didn't take me serious.

You didn't think

I was serious, did you?

Not spicy enough.

He never makes it

spicy enough.

I had her one year,

one year in Port-au-Prince,

and she thinks

she's more Haitian than me.

-It's delicious.

-[cell phone rings]

-Have some more.

-[Tom] Ah, it's all right.

[Nina]

Well, I'm sure they want

to get on

with their evening.

[Roger]

I actually, before you go,

is there a chance

you could take

-a look at something?

-Oh, what?

Roger, no.

-Mm-mm.

-He's here. Okay?

Why not?

Her back has been

bothering her

because

of the osteoporosis.

Could you take a look?

-At her back?

-You don't mind?

-Sure. No problem.

-Just a little peak.

-[Nina] Oh, Roger.

-I've got you.

And let the good doctor

help you.

Help me? [groaning]

I don't know.

I was planning

on sleeping here all night.

It's chronic.

My mother had the same thing.

-Yeah, right.

- Ohh.

There you go.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Go ahead.

-Tom?

-Yeah.

Maybe we should head off.

You've got that patient

who keeps calling.

Right, yeah.

[Tom] Wow, I was

completely absorbed.

[Alice]

Yeah, it's hard to stop.

Remember when we went to go

visit your parents?

And we had to stay

at that motel afterwards?

-You got so sick.

-You took care of me.

Well, you were burning up.

I had to keep getting ice

from the ice machine

all night.

It kept eating

your quarters.

Yeah.

Oh, and there was

that weird woman

at the front desk

when we checked out.

She kept...

[squeaks]

[both squeaking]

-Her wheezing.

-Yes, yeah.

Oh, my God,

I forgot about her.

Yeah.

Hey, you know...

I'm sorry about your dad.

He was a really great guy.

Yeah.

He was.

Did you think I'd run off

and killed myself?

Well, you said,

some pretty extreme things

about your life.

Well,

things were pretty extreme.

Look, I didn't want to be

responsible

for you leaving school.

You were supposed to have

this whole life.

Yeah, right.

You know, they used to lock

the building on Sundays

to make us stop practicing

and get out

of those tiny piano studios.

You know, I didn't know

what to do with myself, I...

I went across town

and I remember seeing

the list of all

the different departments

you guys had.

I mean,

you could study anything.

You looked at me

so differently

when I told you

the truth about--

I was impressed.

I liked who you were.

No, you liked the idea

of who I was.

You liked

the incredible piano prodigy.

Anyway...

You weren't the reason

I disappeared.

I mean, you didn't help.

You were pretty

f***ing shitty in fact.

I mean, that speech

you gave me about--

Yeah, yeah, I know,

-about being on a path.

-Being on a path? God.

Look, I was jealous.

I mean, you already

seemed so driven.

And I...

I mean, you know

what I do for a living?

Basically, I write emails.

I've spent the last 13 years

suggesting guidelines.

Which honestly,

I get almost nothing out of.

Almost, which is in a way,

worse than nothing.

'Cause you think

if you just hold on,

and shift

one little thing,

you can...

I feel like...

You know, if I leave,

basically, I've failed.

Mm, anyway,

what else am I gonna do,

sell insurance?

-I sold insurance.

-[laughs]

Mm? Oh, really?

Yeah, f*** you.

So, it's not a coincidence

you're in New York,

is it?

I mean, did you invent Alice

just so you could...

see me?

And all the rest of it.

You just made it up

all the studying frogs...

No.

It's real.

Show me.

Show me. I want to see...

who you are now.

[keypad beeping]

[Alice]

Knock-knock.

-[man #2] Alice, hey.

-Hey. James, this is Tom.

Tom, James.

-We trade night shifts.

-Nice to meet you.

I thought you weren't back in

till Tuesday.

I'm not.

Tom's an old friend

just visiting

and I told him he has

to hear the frogs sing

before he leaves

in the morning.

Definitely.

Hey, C-group's hatching.

-Yeah?

-Mm-hmm.

Will you give me

a minute?

[frogs croaking]

[louder croaking]

[croaking continues]

[mouths]

Thanks.

Thank you.

So...

So what's next?

Now that you've seen me,

you just

become someone else?

I want to see how you do it.

Leaving.

[loud clatter]

This is-- Huh.

I mean, they're all

so totally different.

Yeah.

Were you married?

No. Not married.

How do you even

keep track of them all?

Well...

This is Mae, China.

Cut in two. Mm-hmm.

Vanessa.

South Africa.

Sasha.

She was the last one.

[sighs]

Keeping track

isn't the hard part.

It's when everyone

around you

thinks they know who you are,

and they try to lay claim

to you and...

Then you're trapped.

That's the hard part.

So, stop doing it.

[chuckles]

And be who?

Hmm.

I still remember watching

you practice, you know.

There was this one time

you were working on a passage.

It was Brahms, I think.

And you just wouldn't stop.

Just over

and over and over.

You were so...

determined.

To just master it,

you know?

You're still doing it.

I mean, that's what

all this is, right?

It's all you.

All of them.

And it's crazy

and f***ed up and...

it's also kind of amazing.

Want to come with me?

Time to go.

Ah, sh*t.

So, where next?

You should go now.

Wait, you mean,

you just want me

to leave you here?

Mm, okay.

Well, see you

in another 15 years maybe.

Maybe.

It was good

to see you again.

Thank you.

Take care of yourself.

You know where

to find me, I guess.

I've been thinking

about California and, uh...

[woman on PA system]

Attention, please.

This is the final call

for flight 421

to Amsterdam.

Departing passengers

should proceed to gate 52

for final boarding.

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Joshua Marston

Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film Maria Full of Grace. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War. He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.Marston also directed an episode of Six Feet Under, and Episode 7 of The Newsroom in 2012. Marston directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. His 2011 film The Forgiveness of Blood premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear. Along with Andamion Murataj, Marston won the Silver Bear for Best Script.In 2016, Marston made his English-language debut on Complete Unknown starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released on August 26, 2016 by Amazon Studios & IFC Films. Marston is currently directing Come Sunday for Netflix. more…

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