The Unloved

Lucy is 11 years old. She lives with her father. One day, not for the first time, he beats her. When she returns to school, Lucy asks to see her social worker, Jackie. Lucy is known to social services and has been in foster care before. Jackie takes her to a children’s home, Crop Row, where she is left with nothing apart from the school uniform she is wearing. Lucy is placed in a room with 16-year-old Lauren who is being abused by Ben, the manager of the children’s home. Lucy runs away. Eventually she finds her mother and asks if she can stay with her. Her mother gives her the bus fare back to Crop Row and walks Lucy to the bus stop. Lucy gets on to the bus, which takes her back towards the children’s home and an uncertain future.
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No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Tony Grisoni, based on original material from Samantha Morton
Cinematography: Tom Townend
Editing: Colin Monie
Sound: Tim Barker
Music: Colleen
Actors: Molly Windsor (Lucy), Robert Carlyle (father), Susan Lynch (mother)
Production: Revolution Films, UK T. +44 20 7566 0700 F. +44 20 7566 0701 email@revolution-films.com www.revolution-films.com
Producers: Kate Ogborn
Costumes: Sarah Blenkinsop
Production Design: Jane Levick
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: UK
Production Year: 2009
Duration: 106
Contact: Protagonist Pictures, UK T. +44 207 306 5155 F. +44 207 306 8044 info@protagonistpictures.com www.protagonistpictures.com

Samantha Morton

She has acted extensively for both film and television. She received Academy Award nominations for Jim Sheridan’s In America and Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown, for which she was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress. In 2007 she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Deborah Curtis in Anton Corbijn’s multi award-winning film Control with both BAFTA and BIFA nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Other acting credits include Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York. She has worked consistently with independent film-makers in both the UK and US. The Unloved is her first film as director.

Filmography

2009 The Unloved