Under the Skin (1998)

82 min · Drama, drama film

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Directors

Carine Adler

Cast

Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham, Stuart Townsend

The story

Iris and her older sister Rose are left parentless when their mother dies from a brain tumor. Their father lives in Australia, which he left for ten years ago. 24-year-old Rose, who is married and pregnant, manages to cope with the situation, but 19-year-old Iris dumps her boyfriend Gary and spirals out of control, engaging in risky behaviors.

Catalogue themes and tags

Absent Mother, Bare Breasts, Big sister, Female Nudity, Iren, Loss of Mother, Marital Neglect, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, One Night Stand, Sexuality, Sexuelles Verlangen, Sister, Sister Sister Relationship, Sterben, Verhältnis, schwanger

Genres

Drama, drama film

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