Morvern Callar is
the second film from Lynne Ramsay, the acclaimed director of Ratcatcher.
Shot in March/April 2001 in Scotland and Spain the film stars Oscar nominee,
Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown) and Kathleen
McDermot (new to the screen). Morvern Callar is a 21 year-old supermarket worker
from a small port town in the west of Scotland. Morvern believes that life is
something that you get on with as best you can with what you've got. One morning
Morvern finds that what she's got is a dead boyfriend on the kitchen floor.
But she doesn't tell anyone - an extraordinary choice that propels her on a
journey to the south of Spain and transforms her life.
Morvern Caller was featured in the Directors Fortnight for the Cannes Film Festival 2002 where it was awarded the Prix de la Jeunesse and Decerne par la Cicae (Confederation Internationale des Cinemas d'Art et d'Essai). It then went onto open the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August of the same year. The film also featured at the Telluride, Toronto, San Sebastian (Lynne Ramsay gaining the Fipresci Grand Prix For New Director Of The Year), Dinard (Kodak award for Best Cinematography),and Stockholm Film Festivals of 2002. It was nominated for 7 British Independent Film Awards, winning a Best Actress Prize for Morton and a Best Technical Achievement award for Cinematographer, Alwin H. Kuchler.
"Ramsay is now the director in whom all our hopes for high serious arthouse British cinema now repose" The Guardian
"Morton has an etched star quality: a screen presence that won't let you take your eyes off her." The Guardian
"Poetic, stunningly beautifully and untainted by crass commercial concerns" Screen International
"Morton gives an
astonishing, mesmerising performance"
Telegraph Magazine
"Morvern Callar
is the part Sam Morton was born to play, just as Lynne Ramsay, was seemingly
born to direct it"
Dazed and Confused
"Mesmerising" OK Magazine
Director:
Lynne Ramsay
Writers: Lynne Ramsay and Liana Dognini (from the novel by Alan Warner)
Cast:
Samantha Morton .... Morvern Callar
Kathleen McDermott .... Lanna
Raife Patrick Burchell .... Boy in Room 1022
Dan Cadan .... Dazzer
Carolyn Calder .... Sheila Tequila
Jim Wilson (VII) .... Tom Boddington
Dolly Wells .... Susan
Ruby Milton.... Couris Jean
Linda McGuire .... Vanessa
Sountrack:
"I Want More" performed by Can
"Goon Gumpas" performed by Aphex Twin
"Everything You Do Is A Balloon" performed by Boards Of Canada
"Spoon" performed by Can
"Blue Milk (Edit)" performed by Stereolab
"I'm Sticking With You" performed by The Velvet Underground
"You Can Fall" performed by Broadcast
"Cool In The Pool" performed by Holger Czukay
"Hold Of Death" performed by Lee Scratch Perry
"Some Velvet Morning" performed by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
"Japanese Cowboy" performed by Ween
"Fragrance" performed by Holger Czukay
"Nannou" performed by Aphex Twin
Soundtrack available on Warp Records