Carol Morley Movies

  • 2015
    The Falling

    The Falling

    The Falling

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    England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they...

    The Falling
  • 2023
    Typist Artist Pirate King

    Typist Artist Pirate King

    Typist Artist Pirate King

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    The growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for endings and reconciliation.

    Typist Artist Pirate King
  • 2019
    Out of Blue

    Out of Blue

    Out of Blue

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    Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found...

    Out of Blue
  • 2011
    Dreams of a Life

    Dreams of a Life

    Dreams of a Life

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    A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three...

    Dreams of a Life
  • 2006
    The Fear of Trilogy

    The Fear of Trilogy

    The Fear of Trilogy

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    Maxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and edited in a single day on a mobile phone for Cinema...

    The Fear of Trilogy
  • 2000
    The Alcohol Years

    The Alcohol Years

    The Alcohol Years

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    Carol Morley returns to Manchester, where in the early 1980s, five years of her life were lost in an alcoholic blur. The Alcohol Years is a poetic...

    The Alcohol Years
  • 2001
    Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

    Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

    Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

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    Based on the filmmaker's collection of newspaper cuttings the film presents private moments that give strange glimpses into everyday life.

    Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century
  • 2010
    Edge

    Edge

    Edge

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    A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.

    Edge
  • 1997
    The Week Elvis Died

    The Week Elvis Died

    The Week Elvis Died

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    Set in England in 1977, The Week Elvis Died is an evocative and bittersweet look at life from a child's point of view. Karen (Jennifer Williams) aged...

    The Week Elvis Died
  • 1999
    Forgotten Pilots: The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) 1939-1946

    Forgotten Pilots: The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) 1939-1946

    Forgotten Pilots: The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) 1939-1946

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    Short documentary celebrating the achievements and passion of the women who were ferry pilots during World War II. They transported all types of...

    Forgotten Pilots: The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) 1939-1946
  • 2006
    The Madness of the Dance

    The Madness of the Dance

    The Madness of the Dance

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    In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and...

    The Madness of the Dance
  • 2001
    Return Trip

    Return Trip

    Return Trip

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    Carol Morley tracks down her old friend Catherine Corcoran and returns to India where they once travelled as teenagers, in this playfully...

    Return Trip
  • 2004
    Stalin My Neighbour

    Stalin My Neighbour

    Stalin My Neighbour

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    Annie wants to find her cat and forget her past. She walks the streets of the East End of London, in the footsteps of Josef Stalin and Mahatma...

    Stalin My Neighbour
  • 1993
    Girl

    Girl

    Girl

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    Carol Morley's debut short uses the iconography of the genre of melodrama – the staircase, the father – to explore the story of a girl's...

    Girl
  • 1994
    I'm Not Here

    I'm Not Here

    I'm Not Here

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    In January 1970 the actor Sir Alec Guinness wrote a letter to The Times complaining about the lack of attention shop assistants gave to customers....

    I'm Not Here
  • 1993
    Secondhand Daylight

    Secondhand Daylight

    Secondhand Daylight

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    Carol Morley's 16mm documentary short is set in a fast food restaurant where a selection of twenty-somethings talk about their troubles. One of two...

    Secondhand Daylight