f_filmsBack Under the Skin, GB 1997

Inhalt

Two sisters who couldn’t be more different. Rose, the eldest, is happily married and expecting her first baby whereas Iris has a more hip lifestyle. Ever since she was a little girl, Iris has felt a bit of a wallflower in the shadow of her more socially adjusted sister. But it is only with the death of their mother that the 19-year-old’s life begins to go truly out of control. She moves out of her boyfriend’s flat and jacks in her job. Her grief threatens to become a trip of self-destruction.
Wearing her mother’s wig and furcoat, Iris roams the streets of Liverpool seeking intimacy and affection excessively and unsuccessfully in fleeting sexual encounters. Eventually, as the two sisters come to fisticuffs, they suddenly realise that they need one another after all: Iris sees a way out of her grief and isolation — and a way back into life.


Credits & Daten

Regie / Directed by / Réalisation
Carine Adler

Drehbuch / Screenplay / Scénario
Carine Adler

Kamera / Camera / Image
Barry Ackroyd

Bauten / Art direction / Décors
John-Paul Kelly

Schnitt / Editing / Montage
Ewa J. Lind

Darsteller / Cast / Interprétation
Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham

Produktionsfirma / Production / Production
Strange Dog Production

Produzent / Producer / Producteur
Kate Ogburn

Festival-Aufführung / Festival screening / Projection festival
1998 Köln: Feminale

Festival-Aufführung / Festival screening / Projection festival
1999 Minsk: International Women's Film Festival

Festival-Aufführung / Festival screening / Projection festival
1999 Dortmund: femme totale

Festival-Aufführung / Festival screening / Projection festival
2000 Ankara: Kadin Filmleri Festivali

Filmformat / Format / Format
35 mmFarbe

Länge / Length / Durée
85 min.

Filmart / Type / Genre
Spielfilm

Information / Data Source / Source d'Information
Filmfestival femme totale, Dortmund 1999; International Women's Film Festival, Minsk 1999; Kadin Filmleri Festivali, Ankara 2000

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