
Under the Skin
Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film directed by Jonathan Glazer and written by Glazer and Walter Campbell, based on the 2000 novel by Michel Faber. It stars Scarlett Johansson as an otherworldly woman who preys on men in Scotland. The film premiered at Telluride Film Festival on 29 August 2013. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2014, and in other territories later in the year.
Plot
In Glasgow, a motorcyclist retrieves an inert young woman from the roadside and places her in the back of a van, where a naked woman dons her clothes. After buying clothes and make-up at a shopping centre, the woman drives the van from town to town, picking up men. She lures a man into a dilapidated house. As he undresses, following the woman into a void, he is submerged in a liquid abyss.
Awards
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author | Jonathan Glazer Walter Campbell |
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award | European Film Award for Best Composer |
contentLocation | Glasgow |
director | Jonathan Glazer |
editor | Paul Watts |
genre | horror science fiction |
keywords | baby belong bothy buy cry dark room drown float lonely man on the beach pick up scottish highlands shop street vendor submerge young woman |
musicBy | Mica Levi |
producer | James Wilson Nick Wechsler |
publisher | A24 Ascot Elite StudioCanal |
theme | independent science fiction horror |