Ethel Christie
A submissive and weak woman Ethel Christie is the perfect partner for Christie.
She enables him to play the role of respectable husband and member of the community, conforming to the stereotype of supportive wife while remaining unwilling to examine too deeply her own misgivings about her husband’s character or nocturnal activities.
Malleable and compliant she lacks the courage and the opportunities to escape a marriage which will finally end in her murder.
Samantha Morton
Two time Oscar nominee and BAFTA and Golden Globe winning actress Samantha Morton began her acting career as a child with guest roles on dramas such as Cracker and Soldier, Soldier.
She made her breakthrough in hit TV series Band of Gold and has since won acclaim in independent and Hollywood films working with talent as diverse as Woody Allen (Sweet and Lowdown), Andrea Arnold (Morvern Callar), Jim Sheridan ( In America) and starring opposite Tom Cruise in Minority Report. She most recently appeared on the 大象传媒 in .
Sam won a BAFTA for her directorial debut The Unloved.
