Morvern Callar
2002 | 97m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Lynne Ramsay |
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| Writer: | Liana Dognini, Alan Warner, Lynne Ramsay |
| Staring: |
| After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 2002 |
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| Director: | Lynne Ramsay |
| Writer: | Liana Dognini, Alan Warner, Lynne Ramsay |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | suicide, scotland, spain, based on novel or book, supermarket, best friend, writer, woman director, christmas |
| Production Companies | BBC Film, Scottish Screen, Alliance Atlantis, The Glasgow Film Fund, Company Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Samantha Morton | Morvern Callar |
| Kathleen McDermott | Lanna Phimister |
| Raife Patrick Burchell | Boy in Room 1022 |
| Dan Cadan | Dazzer |
| Carolyn Calder | Tequila Sheila |
| Steven Cardwell | Welcoming Courier |
| Bryan Dick | Guy with Hat's Mate |
| El Carrette | Gypsy Taxi Driver |
| Andrew Flannigan | Overdose |
| Des Hamilton | Him |
| Mette Karlsvik | Sick Girl / Bikini Girl |
| Andrew Knowles | Green Boy #1 |
| Duncan McHardy | Red Hanna |
| Ruby Milton | Couris Jean |
| Paul Popplewell | Guy with Hat |
| Mischa Richter | Rick, the American Courier |
| Vito Rocco | Swimming Pool Courier |
| Danny Schofield | Dave |
| Matthew Townend | Green Boy #2 |
| Andrew Townley | Creeping Jesus |
| Yolanda Vazquez | Spanish Mother |
| Dolly Wells | Susan |
| James Wilson | Tom Boddington |
| Linda McGuire | Vanessa (uncredited) |
| Andy Hazel | Dancer in Club (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mary Haddow | Script Supervisor |
| Liana Dognini | Screenplay |
| Simon Bray | Steadicam Operator |
| Jane Morton | Production Design |
| James Andrews | ADR Editor |
| Melissa Lake | Foley Artist |
| Gerard Roche | ADR Mixer |
| Jason Swanscott | Foley Artist |
| Andrew Cannon | Music Supervisor |
| Karoline Blohm | Second Assistant Director |
| Rufus Rawley | Third Assistant Director |
| Gautier Deblonde | Still Photographer |
| Alan Warner | Novel |
| Philip Barber | Art Direction |
| James David Goldmark | Art Direction |
| Glenn Marks | Stunt Coordinator |
| Tim Alban | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Simon Frame | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Ronaldo Vasconcellos | Line Producer |
| Maggie Bazin | Music Supervisor |
| Michael Elliott | Assistant Director |
| Mark Fenn | Assistant Director |
| Nic Shearer | Second Assistant Director |
| Barnaby Smyth | Foley Editor |
| Gruff Owen | Digital Compositor |
| Steve Schwalbe | Dialogue Editor |
| Paul Davies | Sound Designer |
| Richard Flynn | Sound Mixer |
| Trefor Proud | Makeup Designer |
| Tania Wanstall | Makeup & Hair |
| Ana Gallardo | Second Assistant Director |
| Lynne Ramsay | Director, Screenplay |
| Alwin H. Küchler | Director of Photography |
| Lucia Zucchetti | Editor |
| Sarah Blenkinsop | Costume Design |
| Des Hamilton | Casting Director |
| Anthony Wilcox | Third Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Faber | Producer |
| Barbara McKissack | Executive Producer |
| Leonard Crooks | Executive Producer |
| Robyn Slovo | Producer |
| Seaton McLean | Executive Producer |
| András Hámori | Executive Producer |
| Charles Pattinson | Producer |
| David M. Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
Samantha Morton is the eponymous, bored, supermarket check out girl whose boyfriend commits suicide. She hides his body, takes his money - and a book that he had recently completed and along with her best friend, sets off on some travels. Initially around a wet and windy Scotland before heading to S ... pain for some fun. My issue with this rather dreary introspective is that neither she, nor her pal interested me in the slightest. Morton's performance is actually quite good; and her life of drugs, sex and lack of fulfilment may well have been the depiction of a labour of love from director Lynne Ramsey and co-author Liana Dognini, but as a piece of engaging cinema it fails completely. I don't doubt that there are many people for whom this is a manifestation of their psychological difficulties - an inability to form any kind of meaningful relationship - on any level - with anyone else; but it is presented in such a drab, pedestrian fashion that even some grand cinematography of the Balearic scenery does little to lift it from the doldrums.