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. Suffocating, Iris spirals out of control and copes...
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| Samantha Morton | ... | Iris Kelly | |
| Claire Rushbrook | ... | Rose Kelly | |
| Rita Tushingham | ... | Mum | |
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Christine Tremarco | ... | Vron |
| Stuart Townsend | ... | Tom | |
| Matthew Delamere | ... | Gary | |
| Mark Womack | ... | Frank | |
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Clara Francis | ... | Elena |
| Joe Tucker | ... | Sam | |
| Daniel O'Meara | ... | Max | |
| Crissy Rock | ... | Compere | |
| Lisa Millett | ... | Sylvia (as Lisa Millet) | |
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John Whitehall | ... | Man at station |
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Marie Jelliman | ... | Manageress |
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Michelle Byatt | ... | Woman In Lost Property |
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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. Suffocating, Iris spirals out of control and copes by losing herself in sexual oblivion. She leaves her steady, Gary, for a steady stream of one night stands in the arms of mysterious strangers, alienating Gary, Rose, her friends, and her employers in the process. Will this go on until she loses everything that is meaningful to her? Written by Martin Lewison <lewison@pitt.edu>
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22 May 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Iris Kelly: [voice-over] When I was small my mother was everything to me. I thought she was beautiful, and I wanted to be like her. I used to try and smile, walk and talk just like her; I even practiced laughing like she did. My mother loved flowers, and her favourite flowers were roses. And so she called my sister Rose. And she called me Iris.
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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. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Iris Kelly: [voice-over] When I was small my mother was everything to me. I thought she was beautiful, and I wanted to be like her. I used to try and smile, walk and talk just like her; I even practiced laughing like she did. My mother loved flowers, and her favourite flowers were roses. And so she called my sister Rose. And she called me Iris.
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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.