Under the Skin (1997)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Carine Adler

Writer:

Carine Adler (writer)

Release Date:

22 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Your body betrays your soul.

Plot:

Although married and pregnant Rose has always been Mother's favorite, it is younger sister Iris whose life is shaken up by Mother's death...

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Female Frontal Nudity | Female Nudity | Female Masturbation | Death Of Mother

Awards:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-14 | France:U | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Company:

British Film Institute (BFI)

Trivia:

Director Adler based her ideas for the script on forensic psychiatrist Estela Weldon's book "Mother Madonna Whore" which argues that, whereas men externalize their grieving processes through anger, women internalize them via paths which can incorporate such extreme reactions as mutilation and promiscuity.

Movie Connections:

Features L'hippocampe (1934)

Soundtrack:

PICK-UP

Lovely little movie that stays with you

I was surprised at the fact that this movie has stayed with me several days after I saw it. The plot isn't anything special- and the writing didn't really affect me either. But somehow two elements of the movie HAVE remained: Samantha Morton's sweet and strirring performance as a young girl dealing with the pain of a lost mother and the music. I don't know who wrote the score, but it really helps to complement to sort of melancholy mood that embraces Ms. Morton. Ms. Morton's performance, which ranges from joyful, to needy, to desperate, to erotic is powerful. And her rendition of Alone again Naturally at the end of the movie is soulful. Surprisingly, the movie works.