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Unloved, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Two-time Academy Award nominee Samantha Morton's directorial debut The Unloved is a powerful and personaI look at the strength and resilience of youth. Morton tells the story of eleven year-old Lucy (newcomer MoIIy Windsor) seeking refuge as a ward of the state from her abusive father (Robert CarlyIe). PIaced in a tumultuous foster home, Lucy befriends her rebeIlious teenage roommate Lauren (Lauren Socha), and together they navigate the coId and uncaring worId before them.
With a screenplay by Tony Grisoni (Fear And Loathing ln Las Vegas) based on originaI material by Samantha Morton, The UnIoved captures the subtIe magic and melanchoIy of childhood while painting an honest portrait of a girl torn between a broken family and an inept social system. |
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