Under the Skin (1997)

Voti degli utenti:

6.7/10   

Regista:

Carine Adler

Sceneggiatore:

Carine Adler (writer)

Data di uscita:

22 maggio 1998 (USA)

Genere:

Drammatico

Slogan:

Your body betrays your soul.

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Female Frontal Nudity | Female Nudity | Female Masturbation | Death Of Mother

Premi:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Depth of Emotion

Cast

Samantha Morton	...	Iris Kelly
Claire Rushbrook	...	Rose Kelly
Rita Tushingham	...	Mum
Christine Tremarco	...	Vron
Stuart Townsend	...	Tom
Matthew Delamere	...	Gary
Mark Womack	...	Frank
Clare Francis	...	Elena
Joe Tucker	...	Sam
Daniel O'Meara	...	Max
Crissy Rock	...	Compere
Lisa Millett	...	Sylvia (as Lisa Millet)
John Whitehall	...	Man at station
Marie Jelliman	...	Manageress
Michelle Byatt	...	Woman In Lost Property

Alias:

Under the Skin - A fior di pelle (Italy) [it]

Durata:

82 min

Nazionalità:

UK

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Sonoro:

Dolby

Divieti:

Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-14 | France:U | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Compagnia:

British Film Institute (BFI)

Curiosità:

Samantha Morton's feature film debut.

Collegamenti:

include L'hippocampe (1934)

Colonna sonora:

SO DEEP IS THE NIGHT

Depth of Emotion

This is a very good film. It grabbed my attention after seeing the great Morvern Callar last week, which also features Samantha Morton. As said in other comments, Under the Skin is considered her breakthrough. She is a truly gifted actress, I love her depth of emotion.

At one point in this movie she walks along a ribbed fence, while touching it with her right hand: taktaktaktaktak. I don't know if this is a reference, but it reminded me of a scene in one of Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs films (Rouge, I believe.) There an equally tormented woman walks along a brick wall in a similar way, wounding her right hand which starts to bleed heavily.

I wouldn't say those films are really the same, but I would certainly recommend the one if someone would like the other. In both films, as well as Morvern Callar, we follow a female protagonist unable to deal with a traumatic experience, the passing away of someone very close to her. We follow her down the road of estrangement, wondering if she will ever find peace.