Code Unknown
2000 · Movie · 118 min · ★ 6.7 · 75% critics
In Paris, a small street incident sets off a chain reaction that links several strangers’ lives. As their paths cross and drift apart, the film follows everyday moments shaped by migration, prejudice, work, and strained relationships, building a portrait of how easily people miss one another—and how hard real communication can be.
Also known as Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
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Details
- Original title
- Code inconnu
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-11-15
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (278 votes)
About
If you like puzzle-like dramas about modern disconnection and chance encounters, this may click, especially if you enjoyed Caché or Happy End; Not for you if you want clear answers, fast pacing, or a tidy, comforting story.
Pros: gripping opening chain reaction; tense subway moments; thought-provoking social themes | Cons: fragmented, hard to follow; emotionally distant characters; slow, unresolved vignettes
Themes
- immigrant
- paris, france
- homeless
Cast & crew
Juliette Binoche
as Anne Laurent
Thierry Neuvic
as Georges
Josef Bierbichler
as Bauer
Alexandre Hamidi
as Jean
Maimouna Hélène Diarra
as Aminate
- OY
Ona Lu Yenke
as Amadou
Djibril Kouyaté
as The Father
Luminița Gheorghiu
as Maria
Crenguța Hariton
as Irina
Bob Nicolescu
as Dragos
Directed by Michael Haneke