Samantha Morton is the mysterious Morvern Callar. Waking up Christmas morning, Morvern is greeted with s startling surprise; her boyfriend has inexplicably committed suicide. He has left her a cryptic short message on his computer screen - "I love you. Be brave." He also left her the manuscript for a new novel. Impulsively, Movern changes the author's name to her own and sends the novel out to publishers. This then begins a re-birth of a character who is free for self discovery.
