While many musical biopics attempt a cradle-to-the-grave approach to their subject, A Complete Unknown is more about a time and place.

From folk hero Woody Guthrie to a record-breaking Broadway star and a hot sauce magnate… the true story behind every musician portrayed in new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.

In James Mangold's film A Complete Unknown, we get a cautious and reverent story of a musician who has always sought to transcend the limits imposed upon him.

A Complete Unknown sees Chalamet portray legendary musician Bob Dylan. The film, set in 1961, follows the 19-year-old then-unknown musician as he arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with music icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates worldwide.

On January 16, 2025, in the sumptuous surroundings of the Hotel Bristol in Paris, a press conference was held with Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro and director James Mangold to mark the eagerly-awaited release of Un Parfait Inconnu, a daring biopic devoted to Bob Dylan.

Actor Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold share their love of Bob Dylan.

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Timothée Chalamet delivers an amazing performance as young Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” which chronicles 19-year-old Dylan’s arrival in New York — after hitchhiking from Minnesota in 1961 — and his rapid rise to fame as a folk singer/songwriter, culminating with his dicey choice four years later to transition into a rock star.

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James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic takes a frustratingly basic and sanitised approach to the complicated life of its subject, writes Alistair Harkness