Complete Unknown Page #5

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
178 Views


-What? No. Just sit wherever.

[Ramina]

Tom, will you grab

-the salad dressing, please?

-Sure.

Actually, Clyde,

I want you to sit there.

And Alice,

you come sit next to me.

-No.

-[fossil bangs]

-God damn it.

-Tom.

Clyde, Clyde, come here.

[Ramina]

Tom, will you grab

-the bread also?

-Sure thing.

So, how did you meet her?

Why didn't you tell me

that Ramina

-got in to San Diego?

-I don't know. I--

We still need to work out

what we're gonna do.

You think?

-Well, I told her,

I needed to discuss it

with you.

You make it sound like

you need my permission.

I don't need your permission.

-I just--

-Is this you quitting?

No.

I don't know.

I mean, maybe...

I can take a leave

-for part of it--

-[sighs]

or maybe we do

long distance for part.

I don't know.

Oh, my God. Right.

'Cause that's what

you guys need

is time apart from each other.

Actually...

What?

So how did

you meet her again?

In the cafeteria.

The cafeteria?

So she works

in our building?

No, her lab has an office

across the street.

She likes the food.

Huh. What do you know

about her?

What kind of question

is that?

I'm--

Are you going out?

She's made it clear

that she just wants friends

in her life right now,

so I'm being her friend,

but...

actually, she's

the first woman

that I've meet since Lisa

that I like, if you care.

No, that's great.

Don't sound so thrilled.

[Ramina]

Tom, salad dressing.

-Who's Tony?

-Don't ask.

It's a whole saga.

-Alice, red or white?

-What? Red, please.

[man]

Four hundred applied.

They accepted 12.

-Wow.

-That's awesome.

We are so thrilled

for you, Ramina.

Thank you.

Well, it's two years

of course work,

metalsmithing, gemology,

computer rendering,

it's everything.

-Wow.

-Wow, that's awesome.

I would like

to propose a toast.

-Don't touch my knobs.

-Don't touch my knobs.

Don't touch my knobs.

He gave this speech

at their wedding where--

-As I was saying.

-All right, all right.

Now, I've known Ramina

for a long time.

And I can tell you stories

of her terrorizing the boys

of our neighborhood.

But I won't.

I'll just say that she has

always been remarkable.

But I look at her now

and she is becoming herself.

She has become an artist.

Well, I like how that sounds.

Say it again.

[all laughing]

Your work is beautiful.

And it makes the people

who are wearing it beautiful.

And, Tom,

you have encouraged her

to do this.

And I am grateful.

I am overjoyed.

-So, cheers.

-Cheers.

-Cheers. Congratulations.

-Cheers.

Oh, and also,

don't touch my knobs.

-Don't touch his knobs.

-There it is.

-Guys.

-Can't help it.

[Mark]

Tom, I hear you had

a victory of your own

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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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