MOVIE OF THE MONTH: MAY 2014

                                                                             
Director       : Jonathan Glazer

Producer       : James Wilson, Nick Wechsler

Screenplay    : Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer

Based on       : Under the Skin by Michel Faber

Camera         : Daniel Landin

Release date  : 4 April 2014

Running time : 108 minutes

Under the Skin is a British-American science fiction film which is an adaptation of Michel Faber's 2000 novel of the same name. In the opening sequence, an alien wearing the human disguise manufactured takes the clothing of an immobilised young woman and proceeds to travel the country in a van, in Scotland.

As she lures her victims into a trap with the promise of sex, she witnesses the accidental drowning of a man and woman. She watches dispassionately, then kills a man who collapses in exhaustion after trying to save them. She takes his body with her, leaving the drowned couple's crying toddler behind.

Eventually the alien begins to sympathise with the humans she hunts. She falls on the streets of Glasgow and many people come to her aid. Soon after she seduces a lonely and sexually inexperienced man who has facial neurofibromatosis disfigurement, but takes pity on him and allows him to escape, fleeing herself as well.

The alien begins to feel more conscious of her human body. She attempts unsuccessfully to eat human food. She is soon after helped by a man who takes her to his home, cooks for her, but as they attempt to make love, she discovers that her human disguise does not include genitalia.

Movie Website: http://undertheskinmovie.com