Morvern Callar (film)

Morvern Callar
Directed by	Lynne Ramsay
Produced by	Robyn Slovo Charles Pattinson George Faber
Written by	Lynne Ramsay Liana Dognini Alan Warner (novel)
Starring	Samantha Morton Kathleen McDermott
Distributed by	Alliance Atlantis BBC Films
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

Plot synopsis

Morvern Callar is a young woman in a small port town in Scotland. She wakens Christmas morning to discover her boyfriend has committed suicide, leaving the manuscript of his unpublished novel behind. She erases his name, puts hers on the novel, and goes to Ibiza, where she sells it as her own work.

Critical reception

It won the 2002 British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. 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"

External links

• Morvern Callar at the Internet Movie Database