Suspended beneath the surface, he sees the swimmer floating naked beside him, alive but bloated and almost immobile. At the house, he follows her into the void and is submerged in the liquid. The woman visits a nightclub and picks up another man. Later that night, the motorcyclist retrieves the swimmer's belongings, ignoring the baby, who is still on the beach.

As the swimmer lies exhausted on the beach, the woman strikes his head with a rock, drags him to the van, and drives away, ignoring the couple's distraught baby. The swimmer rescues the husband, but the husband rushes back into the water to save his wife and both drown. As he undresses, following the woman into a void, he is submerged in a liquid abyss.Īt a beach, the woman attempts to pick up a swimmer, but is interrupted by the cries of a drowning couple attempting to rescue their dog, as it is pulled out to sea. She lures a man into a dilapidated house. After buying clothes and make-up at a shopping centre, the woman drives the van from town to town, picking up men. In Glasgow, a motorcyclist retrieves an inert young woman from the roadside and places her in the back of a van, where a naked woman dons her clothes. It was a box-office failure, grossing around US$7 million on a budget of $13.3 million. It received numerous accolades and awards, was named the best film of the year by various critics and publications, appeared on many best-of-the-decade lists, and was ranked 61st on the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century list. Under the Skin was acclaimed for Johansson's performance, Glazer's direction, and Mica Levi's score. Most of the cast had no acting experience, and many scenes were filmed with hidden cameras. He and Campbell pared it back from an elaborate, special effects-heavy concept to a sparse story focusing on an alien perspective on the human world. Glazer developed Under the Skin for over a decade.

It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2014, North America on 4 April 2014, Switzerland on 23 July 2014, and worldwide on 10 August 2014. The film premiered at Telluride Film Festival on 29 August 2013. It stars Scarlett Johansson as an otherworldly woman who preys on men in Scotland. Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film directed by Jonathan Glazer and written by Glazer and Walter Campbell, loosely based on the 2000 novel by Michel Faber.

Under the skin by michel faber