Is the film with Adèle Haenel inspired by a true story?

The unknown girl is a drama produced by the Dardenne brothers released in 2016. It stages the actress Adèle Haenel In the role of a doctor who feels guilty when a woman who hits her cabinet is found dead the next day. She then sets out to find the identity of the victim. This social drama, which flirts with the codes of thrillerwas selected in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, but did not win a prize.

If The unknown girl is anchored in the very real decor of the suburbs of Liège and addresses very realistic themes, it is not inspired by a true story. The Dardenne brothers had indicated that it had been several years that they were thinking about the character of this doctor who feels guilty of the death of an immigrant young woman without known identity. But some scenes are inspired by testimonies from doctors encountered by the filmmakers.

On the other hand, the feature film benefited from the advice of a woman doctor. During writing, the duo of directors asked for his opinion from a specialist whom they had known for several years to be as authentic as possible. She also attended the shooting of the scenes of medical acts.

Synopsis – In Liège and its surroundings, Jenny is a general practitioner. She is patient a girl who, some time later, is found dead. Culpilizing not to have sought to help him sufficiently, and learning by the authorities that the victim has no identity, Jenny seeks to know who this girl was. Little by little, her investigation will lead her to find out more about her.

This feature film is a film by brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne who previously signed “Lorna silence”, “The kid at the bicycle” and “two days, one night” with Marion Cotillard. In the casting, Fabrizio Rongione (“Rosetta”) of the same directors, Olivier Gourmet seen in “The smell of mandarin” and Adèle Haenel (“the fighters”).