MORVERN CALLAR

Samantha Morton (“The Walking Dead”) is totally mesmerizing in the highly acclaimed and remarkably assured second feature by Lynne Ramsay (RATCATCHER, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN). When Morvern wakes up one Christmas morning to discover her boyfriend dead by suicide, so begins her unpredictable, unconventional, bewildering, shocking process of grief and self-transformation. She keeps her boyfriend’s death a secret. She passes off his just-finished novel as her own to publishers. She goes on holiday to Spain.

The film’s extraordinary soundtrack includes songs by Can, the Velvet Underground, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Nancy & Lee and more. It’s masterfully woven into the narrative, acting as a voice for a protagonist who often chooses to remain silent.