Andrew Eaton, Arti Gupta, Robert Jones, Rosa Romero, David M. Thompson
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Tim Robbins, Togo Igawa, Nabil Elouahabi, Samantha Morton, Sarah Backhouse, Jonathan Ibbotson, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Om Puri, Emil Marwa, Nina Fog,...
Code 46 is a love story set in an eerily possible near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have “papelles,” a special travel insurance. Outside cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens – people without papelles whose lives are severely restricted.
William (Robbins) is a family man who works as an insurance investigator. When his company sends him to another city to solve a case of fake papelles, he meets a woman named Maria (Morton).
Although he knows she’s been creating the forgeries, he falls completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his papelles: 24 hours. Back home, William is obsessed with the memory of Maria. He tries to see her but is refused the necessary papers to travel. Desperate, he uses one of the fake papelles he kept from his investigation. He eventually tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of a Code 46 violation.
AWARDS:
- British Independent Film Awards
2004 Nominated "British Independent Film Award"
Best Achievement in Production
Best Technical Achievement: Mark Tildesley (production designer)
- European Film Awards
2004 Nominated "Audience Award"
Best Actress: Samantha Morton
Best Director: Michael Winterbottom
2004 Nominated "European Film Award"
Best Cinematographer: Alwin H. Kuchler, Marcel Zyskind
Best Composer
- Satellite Awards
2005 Nominated "Golden Satellite Award"
Best Sound (Editing & Mixing): Joakim Sundstrom
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2004 Won "Best Original Soundtrack"
Joshua Hyams (as The Free Association), Mark Revel (as The Free Association)
2004 Won "Best Screenplay"
Frank Cottrell Boyce
2004 Won "Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver"