Morvern Callar (film)
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| Directed by | Lynne Ramsay |
| Produced by | Robyn Slovo Charles Pattinson George Faber |
| Written by | Lynne Ramsay Liana Dognini Alan Warner (novel) |
| Starring | Samantha Morton |
| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis BBC Films |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 97 min |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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Morvern Callar is a 2002 film directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Samantha Morton in the title role. It was based on Alan Warner's 1995 novel Morvern Callar.
[edit] 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 She wakens Christmas morning to discover her boyfriend has committed suicide, leaving the manuscript of his unpublished novel behind.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 instinctively erases his name, and puts hers on the novel, and ends up selling it as her own.
[edit] 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.
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