The Unloved

The Unloved
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Written bySamantha Morton
Tony Grisoni
Directed bySamantha Morton
StarringMolly Windsor
Susan Lynch
Robert Carlyle
Lauren Socha
Michael Socha
Craig Parkinson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time106 minutes
Budget£1.5 million
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release17 May 2009 (2009-05-17)
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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]

  1. ^ Chater, David (16 May 2009). "Sunday's Top TV". Times Online. London. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Why everyone should watch The Unloved". Times Online blogs: Alpha Mummy. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Britain's Forgotten Children". Channel 4. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b Dowell, Ben (18 May 2009). "Samantha Morton directing debut The Unloved draws 2 million viewers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  5. ^ Leader, Michael (22 February 2010). "The Unloved review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ Foote, John (18 September 2009). "TIFF: Samantha Morton Impresses With 'The Unloved'". Screen Rant. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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