Under the Skin
Synopsis
In her new home, she begins to transform herself by dressing up in her mother's wig, fur coat and sunglasses. A new sexually confident Iris emerges and she begins to haunt the streets and clubs of Liverpool, picking up men. Iris thinks that she is in control, that she is having fun. However, her increasingly manic behaviour is exacerbated by her combative relationship with her older sister Rose. The two sisters have always competed for their mother's attentions and her sudden death brings to the surface their feelings of jealousy and rivalry. Iris becomes increasingly estranged from her sister, her friends and her ex-boyfriend, who is trying to win her back.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 83 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
-
Carine Adler 1st Feature
- Producer
- Kate Ogborn
- Executive Producer
- Ben Gibson
- Editor
- Ewa J. Lind
- Screenwriter
- Carine Adler
- Director of Photography
- Barry Ackroyd
- Production Designer
- John Paul Kelly
- Composer
- Ilona Sekacz
- Principal cast
- Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham, Christine Tremarco, Stuart Townsend, Matthew Delamere
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A BFI, Channel Four Television, Strange Dog Productions film in association with Rouge Films, Merseyside Film Production Fund
Strange Dog
29 Rathbone StreetLondon
W1P 1AG
Sales Company
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon
W1T 1UH
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