Under the Skin UNDER THE SKIN (Great Britain 1997) Carine Adler She was born in Rio de Janeiro, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and the National Film and Television School in London. She has made short films and documentaries for television. Under the Skin is her first feature film. FILMOGRAPHY 1997 Under the Skin Direction: Carine Adler. / Screenplay: Carine Adler. / Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd. / Editing: Ewa L. Lind. / Music: Ilona Sekacz, The Aloof. / Cast: Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham. / Producer: Kate Ogborn. / Production: British Film Institute, Channel Four Television, Strange Dog Ltd., Rouge Films. / World Sales: BFI Films, 21 Stephen Street, London W1P 2LN, UK, tel.: 44 171 255 1444, fax: 44 171 580 5830. 35mm / Colour 85' Iris and Rose have always been rivals for their mother's love. When their mother suddenly dies of cancer, Iris is convinced that her 24-year-old married, pregnant and successful sister was the favourite. Iris, a reckless 19-year-old finds herself unable to grieve. She leaves her job and starts wandering around in her mother's fun fur jacket and cancer-necessitated wig. In an attempt to feel something, Iris embarks on a self-destructive search for sexual fulfillment, initiating encounters that become increasingly terrifying and humiliating. Eventually, Iris finds her way back to Rose. But when she sees that Rose is wearing their mother's favourite ring, which Rose had said was lost, she attacks her sister bitterly... Tightly scripted and under a superb directorial control of the narrative, the film creates a moving and horrifying portrait of a woman driven to the brink with grief, desire, confusion and desperation.