Morvern Callar (film)

Morvern Callar
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Produced by
Written by
  • Liana Dognini
  • Lynne Ramsay
Based on Morvern Callar 
by Alan Warner
Starring
Cinematography Alwin H. Küchler
Edited by Lucia Zucchetti
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 2002 (2002-05) (Cannes)
  • 1 November 2002 (2002-11-01) (United Kingdom)
Running time
97 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Box office $729,877 (worldwide)

Morvern Callar is a 2002 British drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Samantha Morton in the title role. It is based on Alan Warner's 1995 novel Morvern Callar.

Synopsis

Morvern Callar (Samantha Morton) is a young woman in a small port town in Scotland. She wakes on Christmas morning to discover that her boyfriend has killed himself, leaving a suicide note, mix tape and the manuscript of his unpublished novel behind. His novel is dedicated to her and she decides to erase his name and puts her own name on the novel and sends it to the publisher recommended by her boyfriend. Instead of arranging a funeral with the money on his account, as requested by him, she cuts his body up and buries it in the mountains. With the money she then escapes her work stacking fruit in the groceries section of the local supermarket and goes to Almería, Costa del Sol, with her best friend Lanna (Kathleen McDermott). As they go out and party she feels she's in a different mood than her and leaves her, also to be able to secretly meet the publishers who haven't hesitated to come meet her in Spain. She plays the role of a writer and sells the novel for £100,000. Back in Scotland she tries to convince Lanna to come with her to the big world, but in Spain she has met a guy from Leeds who plans to visit her. Morvern collects her suitcase and goes to the train station.

Critical reception

Morton won the 2002 British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Morvern. 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

  1. Can - "I Want More"
  2. Aphex Twin - "Goon Gumpas"
  3. Boards Of Canada - "Everything You Do Is A Balloon"
  4. Can - "Spoon"
  5. Stereolab - "Blue Milk" (Edit)
  6. The Velvet Underground - "I'm Sticking With You"
  7. Broadcast - "You Can Fall"
  8. Gamelan - "Drumming"
  9. Holger Czukay - "Cool In The Pool"
  10. Lee "Scratch" Perry - "Hold Of Death"
  11. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - "Some Velvet Morning"
  12. Ween - "Japanese Cowboy"
  13. Holger Czukay - "Fragrance"
  14. Aphex Twin - "Nannou"
  15. Taraf de Haïdouks - "Cînd eram la '48"

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