Complete Unknown — Trailer

added: Wed, Aug 10th '16

Michael Shannon's birthday party takes a bizarre turn after he is visited by a mysterious woman -- played by Rachel Weisz -- from his past in the trailer for the upcoming mystery drama "Complete Unknown."

Shannon plays a married man who, while attending a dinner party with his wife and friends, meets a woman (Weisz) who he believes is his old missing girlfriend, though she is now assuming a new name and persona. But as the night goes on, Shannon learns the real truth about the woman's true identity and his initial concept of self-reinvention is forever changed.

Joshua Marston, the acclaimed writer-director of "Maria Full of Grace," directs the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Julian Sheppard.

Co-starring Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, and Azita Ghanizada, "Complete Unknown," which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, will be released in theaters on August 26.

synopsis:
A mysterious woman with a remarkable past revisits a former lover, complicating the settled life he has built for himself and his wife, in Complete Unknown, an unsettling exploration of identity from acclaimed filmmaker Joshua Marston. As Tom celebrates his birthday with a group of close friends in Brooklyn, he is startled to see a woman from his distant past at the party. Jenny -- or Alice, as she now calls herself -- first denies even knowing Tom, but as the evening progresses, she reveals a shocking secret. After disappearing from Tom's life 20 years earlier, she began to reinvent herself every few years, taking on a new name, a new career and a new life each time. After giving Tom a glimpse of what life could be like if he lets go of the safety and security he has so carefully created, Alice asks him to make a choice that will change everything.

directed by Joshua Marston

starring Michael Shannon, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, Azita Ghanizada, Condola Rashad, Chris Lowell, Erin Darke, Michael Chernus

release date August 26, 2016