UNITED KINGDOM
THE UNLOVED
2009 – 35mm – color - 106’
Direction: Samantha Morton
Screenplay: Tony Grisoni, Samantha Morton
Cinematography: Thomas Townend
Editing: Colin Monie
Set design: Jane Levick
Costumes: Sarah Blenkinsop
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Susan Lynch, Lauren Socha, Michael Socha, Molly Windsor
Producers: Andrew Eaton, Kate Ogborn, Michael Elliott
Production: Channel 4
SYNOPSIS
Lucy is eleven years old. Neglected by her estranged mother and father, she ends up being placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow Lucy's struggle to cope with the system. Her saving is her self-belief and her certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit; hers is a heroic quest for love, beauty and transcendence.
THE DIRECTOR: SAMANTHA MORTON
Samantha Morton has been hailed as one of the foremost actresses of her generation. Morton has worked consistently with independent film-makers in both the UK and US. Her career to date has seen her work with some of the most respected directors in the world, including Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen. The diverse and often difficult choices of role she has made are reflected in the list of accolades including her recent Golden Globe alongside BAFTA and EMMY nominations for the role of Myra Hindley in Longford. She has also received two Academy Award nominations for Jim Sheridan’s In America and Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown for which she was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress.
Morton starred as the title role in Lynne Ramsay’s critically-acclaimed Morvern Callar for which she won the British Independent Film Award. She then went on to appear opposite Tom Cruise in Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, Michael Winterbottom’s Code 46 and Roger Michell’s Enduring Love for which she received a British Independent Film Award Best Actress nomination.
In 2005 Samantha received a Half-Lifetime achievement Award from Dennis Hopper’s Cinevegas Film Festival. 2007 saw Samantha receive critical acclaim for her portrayal of Deborah Curtis in Anton Corbijn’s multi award-winning film Control with both BAFTA and BIFA nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2008 Morton was seen in cinemas playing a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in Harmony Korine’s film Mister Lonely. She also filmed Synecdoche New York with director Charlie Kaufman opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman for which she won the Independent Spirit Award.
FILMOGRAPHY
2009 The unloved
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
2009 Salonicco: in competition
