May el-Toukhy is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with post-World War Two psychological thriller Woman Unknown as one of just two female directors in the running for the Golden Lion this year. Set in Denmark in the summer of 1945, the picture revolves around nanny and housemaid Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is on the cusp of marrying her wealthy, older, widowed employer (Carsten Bjørnlund). Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as women who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed. A painful secret from Marie’s past threatens her imminent but...
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