”TOP 10” The New York Times - Premiere - US Weekly - Interview - Salon - Elle - The Village Voice - LA Weekly
“Beautifully genuine! Samantha Morton gives the female performance of the year.”- Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
“Ramsay and Morton fill the character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling.”- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Entirely Remarkable! A mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last.”- Glenn Kenny, Premiere Magazine
Academy Award nominee, Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report, In America) is the mysterious Morvern Callar. Waking up Christmas morning, Morvern is greeted with a startling surprise; her boyfriend has inexplicably committed suicide. He has left her a cryptic short message on his computer screen - “I love you. Be brave.”
He has also left her the manuscript for a new novel. Impulsively, Morvern changes the author’s name to her own and sends the novel out to publishers. This then begins a rebirth of a character free for self discovery. Mesmerizing in its look and propelled by an excitingly hip soundtrack (The Velvet Underground, Aphex Twin, Stereolab) and a fantastic performance by Morton, Morvern Callar is a truely original film by one of the maverick filmmakers on the vanguard of films today - Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher).
WINNER
Best Film, Directors’ Fortnight - Cannes Film Festival
New Generation Award - LA Film Critics
Best Actress - British Independent Film Awards
Color - Drama - 97 Min.
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE: 16x9 Widescreen - 5.1 Surround Sound - Behind The Scenes Bonus Footage - Theatrical Trailer - Previews - Weblinks
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