British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

The Unloved

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.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
106 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Samantha Morton
Producer
Andrew Eaton, Liza Marshall, Michael Winterbottom, Suzanne Alizart
Co-Producer
Andrew Eaton, Liza Marshall, Michael Winterbottom, Suzanne Alizart
Editor
Colin Monie
Screenwriter
Tony Grisoni
Director of Photography
Tom Townend
Production Designer
Jane Levick
Sound
Tim Barker
Composer
Colleen
Principal cast
Molly Windsor, Robert Carlyle, Susan Lynch, Lauren Socha
Stills Photgrapher
Peter Mountain

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Revolution Films

9a Dallington Street
London EC1V 0BQ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7566 0700

www.revolution-films.com

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

4th floor, Waverley House,
7-12 Noel Street
London W1F 8GQ
UK

T +44 (0)207 734 9000

info@protagonistpictures.com

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A Night in Porto A Night in Porto

Director: Antonio Sequeira, Anastasiia Vorotniuk

Year: 2026

Two former lovers unexpectedly reunite on a Christmas night in Porto. Their encounter sparks a reflective journey into whether life offers second chances at happiness.

Comedy Drama Romance Woman Director
A young girl with the lights of an amusement arcade behind her Amusement

Director: Stephanie Zari

Year: 2026

With the clock ticking on her trip to the amusements, a downbeat ten year old girl needs to act quickly to make her funds count and win her dream prize, but she hasn’t contended with the self-appointed king of the amusements and his attempts to thwart her simple plan.

Adventure Children’s Comedy Drama Woman Director
A young man, sits alone in a cafe, deep in thought. A bouquet of disregarded roses in front of him. The Game

Director: Blaize Mott

Year: 2026

Donald, a lonely young man desperate to improve his dating life, hires a manipulative pick-up artist, Charles, to teach him how to meet and attract women. Over the course of one night in London, Donald is pulled into a world of performance, pressure and control, where confidence becomes coercion and desire begins to blur with power. What began as a harmless lesson on love transforms into a night where the methods he is instructed to use to achieve his goal are far darker than he could have ever imagined.

Drama Thriller