Under The Skin

Samantha Morton gives an absolutely riveting performance as a young woman teetering on the brink of emotional collapse in the wake of her mother's death. Iris (Morton) and her older sister Rose (Claire Rushbrook) are different in a ways that only sisters can be: Both in their 20s, Rose is a responsible married woman with a baby on the way and a steady job at a travel agency. Iris, on the other hand, is a childish, aspiring singer who lives with her boyfriend and is jealous of Rose's close relationship with their mother (Rita Tushingham). Both are equally shattered when Mum dies suddenly, but while Rose begins processing the reality of her loss, Iris loses all sense...