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Naked

When unbalance leads to submission

7.3(717)19932h 11m4

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.8M
Language
English
  • london, england
  • rape
  • nihilism
  • sadism
  • narcissism
  • mental breakdown
  • alienation
  • sexual violence
  • loneliness
  • urban
  • drifter
  • cruelty

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mike Leigh

Writers

Mike Leigh

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival1 Oct 1993
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival15 Oct 1993
    • Theatrical (limited)NR15 Dec 1993
    • Theatrical4 Feb 1994
    • PhysicalDVD20 Sept 2005
    • PhysicalBlu-ray12 Jul 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival29 Aug 1993
    • Theatrical185 Nov 1993
    • Physical18Blu-ray29 Nov 2021
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereCinefest Sudbury International Film Festival1 Sept 1993
    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival14 Sept 1993
    • Theatrical28 Jan 1994
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival1 Jul 1994
    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 10022 Jan 1999
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical9 Sept 1994
  • FinlandFI

    • TVK-1814 Sept 1993
    • Theatrical17 Dec 1993
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival14 May 1993
    • Theatrical1210 Nov 1993
    • PremiereCherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish and British Film14 Oct 2000
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1627 Jan 1994
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1615 Dec 1993
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical10 Mar 1994
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15 Apr 1994
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereBergamo Film Meeting1 Jul 1993
    • Theatrical23 Nov 1994

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Naked was released on 6 August 1993.

Audience reviews

3
  • C

    CRCulver

    7/26/2018

    7/10

    Mike Leigh's 1993 film NAKED is a drama on sexual relations -- how men hurt women, how some women accept that hurt out of low self-esteem and a desire to be wanted or supported. It is distinguished by its remarkably lifelike characters. Most of the film was worked out in improvisations for several months before shooting began. Leigh wanted his actors to create elaborate back stories for their characters, fully living…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    12/17/2023

    4/10

    **Unpleasant and uncomfortable, often highly appreciated by critics, it is understandably forgotten by the public.** Mike Leigh directs with skill and intelligence a film that is far from pleasing everyone and that doesn't mind being uncomfortable: it tells the story of a man who hides in an ex-girlfriend's house to avoid being prosecuted for rape, and which we will follow through various adventures and dialogues …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/14/2024

    7/10

    Yikes, but this is a depressingly bleak story. David Thewlis is a rather dissolute and violent Mancunian who arrives in London with nowhere to stay. "Johnny" makes his way to the home of his ex "Louise" (Lesley Sharp). They briefly hook up again, but he soon tires of what he can get on a plate and sets off back onto the streets for a series of encounters with the nocturnal types who inhabit the city and provide us wi…

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