An alien entity inhabits the earthly forms of a seductive young woman who combs the Scottish highways in search of the human prey it is here to plunder. It lures its isolated and forsaken male victims into an otherworldly dimension where they are stripped and consumed. But life in all its complexity starts to change the alien. It begins to see itself as 'she', as human, with tragic and terrifying consequences. UNDER THE SKIN is about seeing ourselves through alien eyes.

Direction: Jonathan Glazer

Script: Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer

Production: James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Julia Berg

Cinematography: Daniel Landin

Editing: Paul Watts

Production Design: Chris Oddy

Costume Design: Steven Noble

Sound: Johnnie Burn

Original Score: Mica Levi

Cast: Scarlett Johansson

Original Title: UNDER THE SKIN

Original Language: English

Film Production Country: United Kingdom

Website: undertheskinmovie.com

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Statement of the Director/s
I remember the first time I saw the image of this planet as photographed by man. The life-giving glow of earth held like an only child in the black eternal void.

That Godlike perspective defines us as a species that is transcending its physical limitations. In that image both our power and our fragility come into sharp focus.

It is a very alluring vision. As I began to imagine this film, I pictured an alien seeing this.

What if this traveller through timeless distance could look upon this jewel of a planet and see nothing of its beauty or wonder, but rather an equation? In the same way Conquistadors went in search of new worlds, driven by the arrogance of commercial opportunity. Looking down at us the way a lion looks at a lamb. A being that was somehow the opposite of us; or rather perhaps an extrapolation of what we might become.

The story is of an alien immersed into human form, that of an alluring woman. Concealed to appear and act exactly like us. Then transported to earth to hunt us. We being an equivalent perhaps of chocolate or tobacco.

I wondered what would happen to such a creature during its work here, if it were put in the way of subtle, fragile human events. What might that immersion into our consciousness lead to?

What if the alien against its will became human? What if it turned to face its own blind spot? Came to recognize its own horror?

Witnessing that transformation is the heart of our film -- the unwitting discovery of human self, as 'it' becomes 'she'.

Biography of the Director/s
After completing art school and a degree in Theatre Design at Trent Polytechnic, Jonathan Glazer landed a job making film trailers. This led to music videos, TV commercials and art projects.

Glazer's feature debut was SEXY BEAST in 2000.

He went on to direct and co-write BIRTH 2004.

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