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:

holiday | villa | summer holiday | skinny dipping | marriage | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Чужая

Filming Locations:

Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Raw Siena

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Hiddleston (Oakley) and Emma Hiddleston (Badge) are real life siblings, but do not play siblings in the film.

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Soundtracks

4 The White Knight (Jens Mahlstedt remix)
By Sly Fidelity & Clubfoot and Afrika Islam

User Reviews

needs a bit more exposition early on

Anna (Kathryn Worth) is having marital problems and spending the summer holiday family friends Verena (Mary Roscoe), Charlie (Michael Hadley) and George (David Rintoul) at their Tuscan villa. She starts to spend more time with the younger teenage children Archie (Harry Kershaw), Badge (Emma Hiddleston), Jack (Henry Lloyd-Hughes) and Oakley (Tom Hiddleston). They smoke some weed and crash a car. The sexual tension boils over as she flirts with the leader of the kids Oakley.

It's a British mumbletalk indie. I wish the relationships between the characters are laid out more clearly early on. It would help decipher and build a backstory to their connections if they have any. They need to throw in a few lines like "I haven't seen you since you were this tall." It would help to build tension in the first half of the movie. The older people also need to have some in-depth talk in the first half. It would fill out their characters. Anna has very curt conversations with Verena. This feels like a bunch of strangers and it's not until the second half that things get a little bit interesting.