Under the Skin (1997)

Under the Skin (1997) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
British Independent Film Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Carine Adler

Written By:
Carine Adler

Actors:
Samantha Morton ..... Iris Kelly
Claire Rushbrook ..... Rose Kelly
Rita Tushingham ..... Mum
Christine Tremarco ..... Vron
Stuart Townsend ..... Tom
Matthew Delamere ..... Gary
Mark Womack ..... Frank
Clare Francis ..... Elena
Joe Tucker ..... Sam
Daniel O'Meara ..... Max
Crissy Rock ..... Compere
Lisa Millett ..... Sylvia (as Lisa Millet)
John Whitehall ..... Man at station
Marie Jelliman ..... Manageress
Michelle Byatt ..... Woman In Lost Property

Synopsis:

Samantha Morton, who soon after this film gained attention for her role in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, makes an impressive feature debut in first time writer-director Carine Adler's bittersweet saga about a troubled woman's uneven progress toward self-realization. Morton plays Iris, a woman who feels ignored by her boyfriend Gary (Matthew Delamere), her self-possessed pregnant sister Rose (Claire Rushbrook), and even her beloved mother (Rita Tushingham). After their mother dies suddenly of a brain tumor, Iris falls apart. Tired of a supervisor's hostility, she suddenly quits her job as a clothing saleswoman and has a sexual encounter with Tom (Stuart Townsend), a man she meets in a movie theater. Iris leaves Gary, starts wearing her mother's wig, and dresses like a slut. She gets drunk and desperately picks up men in bars, and she ends up being abused by Max (Daniel O'Meara). Iris mooches money from her sister and they fight over a ring that Rose claims their mother gave her. She finds out that her best friend Vron (Christine Tremarco) has taken up with Gary and tries to seduce Rose's husband Frank (Mark Womack).

Set in Liverpool. When their mother suddenly dies from a brain tumour, two sisters, Iris and Rose, are grief-stricken but it is Iris whose behaviour begins to go off the rails. Iris immerses herself in a sex binge and stretches her relationship with her sister to its limits.

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