Morvern Callar

2002
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

11K

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Drama

After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 16 nominations

Trivia
Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995.

Goofs
The shot of the railway station at the end of the film shows tracks with a third live rail. Although never mentioned by name, Morvern lives in Oban, where the railway station is served only by diesel-powered trains - in fact, no railway lines in Scotland use a third live rail as a power source.

Quotes
Morvern Callar: Fuck work Lana, we can go anywhere you like.
Lanna: I'm happy here.
Morvern Callar: Are ya?
Lanna: Yeah, everyone I know is here. There's nothing wrong with here. It's the same crapness everywhere, so stop dreaming.

Connections
Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

Soundtracks
Japanese Cowboy
Written by Dean Ween (as Michael Melchiondo Jnr) / Gene Ween (as Aaron Freeman)
Performed by Ween
© Browndog Music/Ver Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
By Arrangement with Mushroom Records/Warner Special Products
from the album "12 Golden Country Greats"
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

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The art of not being

Samantha Morton stars as a "morally ambiguous" young Scottish woman who seems to come into and go from her life and surroundings without the least bit of effect from others or towards herself. I would almost label this film an Existential effort, but the main character, "Morvern Callar", DOES occasionally seem to connect with someone or something seem Samantha Morton does a wonderful job creating a character that deserves no attention, yet keeps you watching. Think of this story as one expressing Distances Detachments Disabled Psyches. Her reactions seem consistently inappropriate ill timed for the moment. Her socialization gene was stunted at birth. Life, for better and worse, is little more than water off her back. She's not being mean, she's not being ironic, she's not being moody. She's just not being. (PS: If you have trouble with Scottish accents, prepare to concentrate.)