Morvern Callar (film)
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| Directed by | Lynne Ramsay |
| Produced by | Robyn Slovo Charles Pattinson George Faber |
| Written by | Lynne Ramsay Liana Dognini Alan Warner (novel) |
| Starring | Samantha Morton Kathleen McDermott |
| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis BBC Films |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $729,877 (worldwide) |
Morvern Callar is a 2002 British film directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Samantha Morton in the title role. It is based on Alan Warner's 1995 novel Morvern Callar.
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Plot synopsis [edit]
Morvern Callar is a young woman in a small port town in Scotland. She wakes on Christmas morning to discover that her boyfriend has committed suicide, leaving the manuscript of his unpublished novel behind. She erases his name, puts her own name on the novel, and goes to Almeria, Costa del Sol, where she sells it to a publisher as her own work.
Critical reception [edit]
It won the 2002 British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. The movie also received the 2002 Scottish BAFTA Award for Best Actress (Kathleen McDermott), the 2002 C.I.C.A.E. Award and the Award Of The Youth at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Soundtrack [edit]
- Can - "I Want More"
- Aphex Twin - "Goon Gumpas"
- Boards Of Canada - "Everything You Do Is A Balloon"
- Can - "Spoon"
- Stereolab - "Blue Milk" (Edit)
- The Velvet Underground - "I'm Sticking With You"
- Broadcast - "You Can Fall"
- Gamelan Drumming
- Holger Czukay - "Cool In The Pool"
- Lee "Scratch" Perry - "Hold Of Death"
- Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - "Some Velvet Morning"
- Ween - "Japanese Cowboy"
- Holger Czukay - "Fragrance"
- Aphex Twin - "Nannou"
- Taraf de Haïdouks - "Cînd eram la '48"
External links [edit]
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