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THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN

THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN Tunisia-France-Germany-Belgium-Sweden, 2020, 104′, color, feature

Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of by the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.

 

„This project is born from the encounter between two worlds. The world of contemporary art, and more particularly the work of the Belgian artist Wim Delvoye and the world of political refugees – especially Syrian refugees, their struggle with travel documents and residency permits. I have indeed asked myself: „What would happen if a famous artist offered to a refugee to become his work of art to solve his freedom of movement problem?”.

Kaouther Ben Hania

 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Oscar ’21 – Best International Film nomination 

Venice ’20 – Best Actor 

Stockholm ’20 – Best Screenplay 

El Gouna ’20 – Best Arab Film

Kaouther Ben Hania

Kaouther Ben Hania

Kaouther Ben Hania was born in 1977 in Tunisia. She studied cinema in Tunisia and Paris. She directed several short films. Her documentary film, “Imams Go to School“ (2010), premiered at IDFA and was selected to play at many prestigious festivals. Her third feature and first fiction film, “Beauty and the Dogs“, was screened at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and represented Tunisia in the Oscar race for best international feature film.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2006 Me, My Sister and the Thing

2010 Imams Go to School

2013 Wooden Hand

2016 Zaineb Hates the Snow

2017 Beauty and the Dogs

2018 Sheikh's Watermelons

2020 The Man Who Sold His Skin

DIRECTOR
Kaouther Ben Hania
SCRIPT
Kaouther Ben Hania
CAMERA
Christopher Aoun
MUSIC
Amine Bouhafa
CAST
Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Monica Bellucci, Koen de Bouw, Darina Al Joundi, Christian Vadim
PRODUCERS
Sophie Abdelke
PRODUCTION
Cinétéléfilms

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