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In My Skin (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 26  Rotten:14 Average Rating: 6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Synopsis: After suffering some deep gashes to her leg from an accidental fall, Esther (Marina de Van), a young business writer, becomes preoccupied with her body and skin, especially her wounds. At first she merely caresses her arms, pinches her excess skin, or traces the cuts on her legs, but it isn't... After suffering some deep gashes to her leg from an accidental fall, Esther (Marina de Van), a young business writer, becomes preoccupied with her body and skin, especially her wounds. At first she merely caresses her arms, pinches her excess skin, or traces the cuts on her legs, but it isn't long before she is incising wounds directly and aggressively into her own body. Her boyfriend (Laurent Lucas) becomes understandably concerned and angry, but his inability to empathize alienates Esther, and she seeks reclusion to explore her newfound practice. With increased urgency, she turns an unapologetic knife or razor upon her own skin, alternately gorging on the vampiric ecstasy or the brutally masochistic annihilation of her own flesh and blood. The film stays ominously quiet as to what and why this is happening--social, professional, biological pressures all seem relevant but somehow insufficient explanations--and Esther is too indifferent to question her new predilections, too servile to them. While deeply influenced by the work of David Cronenberg (THE FLY, NAKED LUNCH, CRASH), the film is more reliant on feminist and avant garde performance art from the sixties and seventies, namely the work of Marina Abramovic, Ana Mendieta, Carolee Schneemann, and Hermann Nitsch. Intensely graphic, IN MY SKIN examines the body as a boundary and as a battleground for the worlds it stands in between. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Marina De Van, Laurent Lucas, Lea Drucker

Director: Marina De Van
Screenwriter: Marina De Van
Producer: Laurence Farenc
Composer: E.S.T. (Esbjorn Svensson Trio)

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 4, 2005

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  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - French

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08/12/03
Keith H. Brown
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Unpleasant and irredeemable.

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Emanuel Levy
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10/23/04
Anton Bitel
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As it is, it's a silly, if simultaneously deadpan and stomach-churning, psychological portrait of one crazy lady.

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06/04/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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...without a single glimpse into what makes Esther tick, it's impossible to feel a single thing towards her except apathy.

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05/17/04
David Nusair
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Infused with a keen sense of intelligence.

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04/21/04
Dennis Schwartz
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An endless display of masochism that’s hard to watch, even for the most stalwart filmgoer.

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04/09/04
Kent Turner
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I'm not sure if the film is brutally honest or exploiting a tragic disorder. I felt drained when I left the theatre; the more I thought about it, the less satisfied I was.

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02/20/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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All you're left with is a bloody mess, in more ways than one.

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02/19/04
Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
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Winds up seeming little more than a grisly exercise in well-calibrated acting and what one hopes are well-executed special effects.

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02/17/04
Frank Swietek
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Like most stories about addiction, it turns into a bit of a bore.

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02/05/04
John Hartl
Seattle Times
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A spellbinding, forceful film that refuses to be ignored.

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12/23/03
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
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Marina de Van will be familiar to some as the screenwriter of François Ozon's 8 Women, but she's a revelation here, and a terrifically disturbing one at that.

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12/14/03
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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This is a strange and twisted film, but perversely fascinating.

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12/13/03
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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This gripping (or nauseating) film has power beyond its ideas.

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12/12/03
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
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12/06/03
Rob Horning
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REEL_REVIEWER
IN MY SKIN is not for the squeamish, but psych majors this should be required viewing
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IN MY SKIN is not for the squeamish, but psych majors this should be required viewing
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IN MY SKIN is not for the squeamish, but psych majors this should be required viewing
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IN MY SKIN is not for the squeamish, but psych majors this should be required viewing
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Helen Wheels
This could get WAY under you skin!
by: Helen Wheels 2/7/04

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