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 & 3 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	...	Leonetta Mazzini
Giovanna Mennell	...	Giovanna Mennell
Jonathan Mennell	...	Jonathan Mennell
Elisabetta Fiorentini	...	Elisabetta Fiorentini
Giuseppe Fiorentini	...	Giuseppe Fiorentini
Beatrice Ferné Fiorentini	...	Beatrice Ferné Fiorentini
Andrea Fiorentini	...	Andrea Fiorentini

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:

female full frontal nudity | male full frontal nudity | holiday | villa | summer holiday | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Unlike most films, Unrelated was shot in the order in which the narrative takes place.

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Connections

Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

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Soundtracks

Malafemmena
Written and Composed by Antonio de Curtis (Totò)
Performed by Giuseppe Fiorentini
Courtesy of Edizioni La Canzonetta
Music licensed by kind permission of
Edizioni La Canzonetta

User Reviews

Realistic depiction of misery in Chiantishire

If you wanted a villa holiday in Tuscany this summer and didn't have time, go to this film and by the end you will feel you have spent a fortnight there. Joanna Hogg has created an upper-middle class version of a Mike Leigh film at his slowest. It's beautifully done, and the fortnight is mostly enjoyable, unless you squirm at the sight of drunken Brits abroad or the sound of the upper-middle classes (I developed a thick skin for both of these a long time ago, myself).

The characterisation is subtle, verging on invisible. There's very little intellectual content or sparkling conversation, surely unrealistic in a film about the chattering classes? Perhaps it's the prodigious amount of alcohol that's consumed. All this keeps the focus on Anna, on holiday from her unhappy situation at home, and the cheerfully pie-eyed teenagers that she hangs out with.

The movie was very thin on plot, yet there did seem to be inconsistencies on the departure date for some of the party. I doubt I'll watch it again to check this though; once is nice, but enough.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Unrelated

Filming Locations:

Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

GBP150,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$4,529

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$158,992

Company Credits

Production Co:

Raw Siena

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1