Under the Skin (1997)
Directed by Carine Adler
Although married and pregnant Rose has always been mother's favorite, it is younger sister Iris whose life is shaken up by mother's death. Suffocating, Iris spirals out of control and copes by losing herself in sexual oblivion.
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Moreover, she projects an unquenchable sensuality that evokes young Samantha Morton in films like Carine Adler’s Under the Skin (1997) and Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar, movies in which young women, pumped up full of emotion and hormones, also have a great time making bad choices.
Certain modern filmmakers still work in this mode occasionally—for instance, the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami , whose 1998 film "A Taste of Cherry" shares some odd similarities with "Under the Skin."