Unrelated (2007)

A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.

Director:

Joanna Hogg

Writer:

Joanna Hogg

Stars:

Kathryn Worth, Harry Kershaw, Emma Hiddleston

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kathryn Worth	...	Anna
Harry Kershaw	...	Archie
Emma Hiddleston	...	Badge
Henry Lloyd-Hughes	...	Jack
Tom Hiddleston	...	Oakley
Mary Roscoe	...	Verena
Michael Hadley	...	Charlie
David Rintoul	...	George
Leonetta Mazzini	...	Herself
Benedetto Fiorentini	...	Himself
Giovanna Mennell	...	Herself
Nicoleta Stroe	...	Herself
Jonathan Mennell	...	Himself
Luisa Bartolomei	...	Herself
Elisabetta Fiorentini	...	Herself

Storyline

During a sticky patch in her marriage forty-something Anna spends a summer holiday with her friends Verena and George at their Tuscan villa but hangs out with the couple's teen-aged children and their cousin Oakley,with whom she goes skinny-dipping and sight-seeing. When the youngsters prang a borrowed car and Anna tells George how it happened,causing a huge scene with his elder son, the kids turn against her. Observing family life as an outsider - unrelated - Anna ultimately comes to be grateful for what she has got.

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Plot Keywords:

skinny dipping | marriage | childlessness | crashed car | male frontal nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Hiddleston (Oakley) and Emma Hiddleston (Badge) are actually natural siblings, just like their characters in the film.

User Reviews

"Tangible, contemplative, efficiently understated..."

English screenwriter and director Joanna Hogg's feature film debut which she wrote, premiered at the 51st London Film Festival in 2007, was shot on location in Monteroni d'Arbia and Siena in Italy and is a United Kingdom production which was produced by producer Barbara Stone. It tells the story about a woman in her mid-30s named Anna who goes to a holiday resort in Italy to get some distance. Some of her old friends are staying at the resort with their young children and after Anna has gotten settled there, her friend Brianna begins noticing that something is going on with Anna and that she seems more interested in spending her time with the children than with her friends.

Distinctly and precisely directed by British filmmaker Joanna Hogg, this finely tuned fictional tale which is narrated from multiple viewpoints though mostly from the protagonist's point of view, draws a perceptive portrayal of a woman's relationship with her friends and a young man named Oakley. While notable for it's naturalistic and atmospheric milieu depictions, sterling production design by production designer Stephane Collonge, cinematography by cinematographer Oliver Curtis, fine editing by Danish film editor Helle Le Fevre and use of sound, this character-driven, conversational and atypical British indie drama from the late 2000s depicts an internal and heartrending study of character.

This inventive, suggestive, at times humorous and modestly romantic story which examines themes like generational differences, interpersonal relations, belongingness and identity, is impelled and reinforced by it's fleeting narrative structure, subtle character development and continuity, silent moments, natural dialog, interesting characters, underlying emotional substance, distinct aura and the authentic acting performances by actress Kathryn Worth, English actor Tom Hiddleston in his debut feature film role and English actress and director Mary Roscoe. A tangible, contemplative, efficiently understated and acutely framed character piece which evokes some of the great masters of cinema.