Unrelated

During a sticky patch in her marriage, 40-year-old Anna spends a summer holiday with her friend Verena and her new husband George at their Tuscan villa, but ends up hanging out with the couple's teen-aged children and their cousin, with whom she develops a flirtatious affinity. After a romantic rejection, she decides to tell on the youngsters, revealing some mischief, that ends in a huge scene between George and his son. Observing family life as an outsider, an “unrelated,” Anna ultimately engages in a brave self-criticism, reevaluating her entire life.

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Direction: Joanna Hogg

Script: Joanna Hogg

Cinematography: Oliver Curtis

Editing: Helle Le Fevre

Sound: Chris McDermott, Jovan Ajder

Actors: Kathryn Worth, Tom Hiddleston, Mary Roscoe

Production: Raw Sienna

Producers: Barbara Stone

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: UK

Production Year: 2007

Duration: 100΄

Contact: Visit Films, info@visitfilms.com

Awards/Distinctions: FIPRESCI Prize – London FF 2007

Joanna Hogg

Joanna Hogg began to incessantly shoot experimental Super 8 films after borrowing a camera from her mentor Derek Jarman. She went on to study direction at the National School of Film and Television and her graduation piece Caprice starred a then-unknown Tilda Swinton. Hogg’s depiction of unarguably middle-class characters has prompted some commentators to see her work as spearheading a new type of social realism in British film. In 2019, the Thessaloniki IFF presented a tribute to her work.