The Skin of Others

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The Skin of Others

2018

1h 53m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Marc, an author of erotic novels, is addicted to porn. He lives alone in an apartment and is afraid of personal contact. One day, he meets Justine, a happily married nurse who likes sexual breath play.

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The Skin of Others is not a simple and linear cradle-to-the-grave biography. It's more a work of academia: a kind of growing, breathing investigation, constantly expanding its hypothesis, challenging itself and its assertions.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 10, 2020

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A love story about two people with sexual obsessions that keeps them from having a functional relationship. Marc Deville is a successful author of erotic literature. In real life he can't stand being touched or getting too close to somebody. He jerks off multiple times a day and when he is having sex it's through a camera with the other person in another room. Justine is quite the opposite - married to a theatre director she wants to be choked during sex, which frustrates her husband and makes him beating her up. She works in a hospital and collects roadkills in a shed near her house - watches them while the rotten. Justine and Marc meet during a reading of Marc's new book and start a relationship that has to manoeuvre through a sea of obstacles. Justine's name is taken from the french author Marquis de Sade - while Marc needs space and distance, she needs maximum closeness. It sounds harscher than it is - actually it's a tender love story. Fine acting, fine directing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Thomas Stiller

Director

Oliver Mommsen

Marc

Isabel Thierauch

Justine

Torsten Michaelis

Eric

Judith Hoersch

Sylvia

Thomas Stiller

Writer

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Synopsis

Marc, an author of erotic novels, is addicted to porn. He lives alone in an apartment and is afraid of personal contact. One day, he meets Justine, a happily married nurse who likes sexual breath play.

Director: Thomas Stiller
Screenwriter: Thomas Stiller
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 24, 2020
Runtime: 1h 53m

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