Under the Skin

1997
18
1h 22m

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6.5/10

1.6K

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A woman explores her sexuality to cope with the passing of her mother, leading her to profound revelations about herself and the people closest to her.

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A woman explores her sexuality to cope with the passing of her mother, leading her to profound revelations about herself and the people closest to her.A woman explores her sexuality to cope with the passing of her mother, leading her to profound revelations about herself and the people closest to her.A woman explores her sexuality to cope with the passing of her mother, leading her to profound revelations about herself and the people closest to her.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
Samantha Morton's feature film debut.

Quotes
[first lines]
Iris Kelly: [voice-over] When I was small my mother was everything to me. I thought she was beautiful, and I wanted to be like her. I used to try and smile, walk and talk just like her; I even practiced laughing like she did. My mother loved flowers, and her favourite flowers were roses. And so she called my sister Rose. And she called me Iris.

Connections
Featured in A Bigger Picture: A Look at the British Film Industry of the 90's (2006)

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Featured review

9/10

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.