Morvern Callar (2002)

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Rating: NONE

Release Date: Dec 20, 2002

Running Time: 97 mins.

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

starring: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Duncan McHardy, Dan Cadan, Dolly Wells, Carolyn Calder, Jim Wilson, Raife Patrick Burchell, Ruby Milton, Linda McGuire

director: Lynne Ramsay

A thriller, set in a remote Scotland port town, centering around Morvern Callar, an impoverished supermarket clerk. When her writer boyfriend commits suicide, Morvern, covers it up. Immediately following his death, Morvern--who's always struggled to make ends meet--steals his unpublished novel, sells it under her own name, and uses the profit to take off for the Mediterranean where she lives the easy, hedonistic life of a raver--clubbing non-stop in Ibiza, Spain.

January 24, 2003

Ok, it's arty. Writer-director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher) is more interested in the landscape of the mind than in linear narrative. No matter. As Morvern, a supermarket wage slave in a small Scottish town, Samantha Morton (Minority Report) is so good you'll follow her anywhere.

On Christmas Day, Morvern finds her boyfriend dead, his wrists slashed and a note on a computer telling her to be brave and to sell his novel. She does, but only after putting her name on it and taking her pal, Lanna…