The Unnamed
A mistaken death notification unravels a human-trafficking scheme and forces a Bangladeshi community to confront the cost of erased migrant identities.
Overview
A father's desperate search for his son leads to a web of deceit and tragedy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- somber
- melancholic
- compassionate
- serious film night
- international cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics and viewers broadly regard the film as a powerful, emotionally affecting social drama whose stark premise is strengthened by Fazlur Rahman Babu's performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The police, Ramjan, Kifayet, and Rahman transport a corpse that becomes confused with another body in the coffin.
A worker is sent abroad under another person's name through fake-passport trafficking, while his family struggles to establish what happened.
The mistaken death notification and switched corpse make mourning dependent on unreliable institutional information.
The plot links overseas employment, fake passports, human trafficking, and the vulnerability of Bangladeshi families.
Films like The Unnamed, and why
The Golden Dream
socially conscious drama about migrant labor, institutional neglect, and human dignity
The Other Side of Hope
grounded human drama centered on economic displacement, family separation, and vulnerable workers
In This World
somber migration drama using an emotionally direct story to expose exploitation and social injustice
Movie Details
- Director
- Tauquir Ahmed
- Release Date
- 2016-08-19
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (24)
Cast
- Shahiduzzaman Selim
- Mosharraf Karim
- Nipun
- Fazlur Rahman Babu
- Shatabdi Wadud
- Abul Hayat
- Shahed Ali
- Ziaul Hasan Kislu
- Shahed Sharif Khan
- Nazmul Huda Bachchu
Common questions
- What is The Unnamed about?
- A mistaken death notification unravels a human-trafficking scheme and forces a Bangladeshi community to confront the cost of erased migrant identities.
- What is The Unnamed like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Unnamed as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Unnamed violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Unnamed.
- What did critics think of The Unnamed?
- Critics and viewers broadly regard the film as a powerful, emotionally affecting social drama whose stark premise is strengthened by Fazlur Rahman Babu's performance.
- Which films are like The Unnamed?
- Films with a similar feel include The Golden Dream, The Other Side of Hope, and In This World.
- How long is The Unnamed?
- The Unnamed runs 100 minutes.
