The Unidentified (2008)
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Plot
At once gritty and whimsical The Unidentified follow Estlin a passionate young journalist scraping by in New York City As his frustration with his entrylevel job at a local newspaper peaks his disgruntled best friend Brooke leaves Brooklyn for Ohio Set adrift Estlin falls for Sophie an elusive artist with an optimistic view on life But as their romance blossoms his high ideals and dogged pursuit of truth come into conflict with her tightly guarded secrets The film is an exploration of idealism and apathy in todays youth culture and the vestiges of the social consciousness of the 1960s In a climactic scene shot at a real antiwar protest in Washington DC Estlin must come to terms with what has been lost what still remains and where he must go from here
