The Unloved | |
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Written by | Samantha Morton Tony Grisoni |
Directed by | Samantha Morton |
Starring | Molly Windsor Susan Lynch Robert Carlyle Lauren Socha Michael Socha Craig Parkinson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Budget | £1.5 million |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 17 May 2009 |
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The Unloved is a 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.[1] The story is semi-autobiographical,[2] 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,[3] and was first broadcast on 17 May 2009.[4] The film drew an audience of two million viewers.[4] It had a premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in 2010.[5][6]