Morvern Callar

– Morvern Callar wakes on Christmas morning to discover that her troubled boyfriend has committed suic..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Morvern Callar (2002)

Morvern Callar wakes on Christmas morning to discover that her troubled boyfriend has committed suicide, leaving behind the unpublished manuscript to his first novel and a sum of money intended to pay for his burial. Instead, Morvern attempts to use both to reinvent her life.

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Morvern Callar (2002) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Nov 2002

Language:

English, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Lynne Ramsay

Writer:

Lynne Ramsay (screenplay by), Liana Dognini (screenplay by), Alan Warner (novel)

Main Actors:

Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Paul Popplewell, Ruby Milton

Plot:

Following her boyfriend's suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar passes off his unpublished novel as her own. With the money her boyfriend left for his funeral, she leaves Scotland for Ibiza where she travels with her closest friend. The journey prompts a series of internal and external transformations for Morvern-- ones which bring to light her experiences of grief, memory, freedom, and desire.

Awards:

10 wins & 16 nominations.

Production:

Cowboy Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
Metacritic:
78%