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Naked

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Original title

Naked

Year

1993

Running time

126 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Mike Leigh

Screenwriter

Mike Leigh

Cast

Music

Andrew Dickson

Cinematography

Dick Pope

Producer

Thin Man Films, Fine Line Features, British Screen, Film4 Productions

Genre

Drama | Black Comedy. Social Drama

Synopsis

After a rough sexual encounter with a married woman in a Manchester alley becomes a rape, Johnny Fletcher (David Thewlis) flees his native hometown for London, where he hopes to find shelter with his ex-girlfriend Louise (Lesley Sharp). Full of fury and blessed with a caustic wit, he rails futilely at all the societal mechanisms that oppress him, but vents his rage at women in particular. He immediately attacks Louise's bourgeois career aspirations, and pits her against her vulnerable, drugged-out roommate, Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge), in a competition for his affections. When Johnny begins to chafe under Sophie's desperate neediness, he disappears aimlessly into the city, where he meets a variety of social outcasts, including an alcoholic waitress (Gina McKee) and a lonely security guard (Peter Wight). Disgusted with the ever-present savagery of post-modern Britain, Johnny eventually returns to Louise after he is viciously beaten up. There, he encounters Jeremy (Greg Cruttwell), a mirror image of himself in the guise of a modern materialist, who has abused Louise and Sophie in even more humiliating ways.

Awards: 1993: Cannes Film Festival: Best Director, Best Actor (David Thewlis)

1993: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Best British Film

1993: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (David Thewlis). 3 Nominations

1993: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

1993: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Actor.

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Naked

1993

Mike Leigh

7.0

(2,429)