The Unloved (2009)

Directed by

Samantha Morton

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An 11-year-old girl named Lucy enters the UK care system and lives in a children's home. The film shows her experiences from her point of view.

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What happens

The Unloved is a 2009 British television film starring Molly Windsor, Robert Carlyle, Susan Lynch and Lauren Socha. It is about an eleven-year-old girl called Lucy (Windsor) growing up in a children's home in the UK's care system, and shown through her perspective. It is the directorial debut of Golden Globe Award-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actress Samantha Morton. The story is semi-autobiographical, Morton wrote and produced the film in collaboration with screenwriter Tony Grisoni. It was produced for Channel 4 and shown as part of its Britain's Forgotten Children series, and was first broadcast on 17 May 2009. The film drew an audience of two million viewers. It had a premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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