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      In My Skin

      Released Nov 7, 2003 1 hr. 33 min. Drama List
      66% 44 Reviews Tomatometer 65% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score A Parisian marketing professional, Esther (Marina de Van) has a gruesome secret. She's been obsessed with the damage she can inflict upon her own body ever since sustaining a deep cut in an accident. Esther cuts her flesh with knives, scissors and other sharp household objects. Her behavior, of course, deeply worries her boyfriend Vincent (Laurent Lucas), but Esther can't stop harming herself. Soon her self-mutilation places her in mortal danger. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member I guess I'm not a fan of self mutilation like I thought I was. This is a very disturbing plot that is very unique. The execution is good, so I guess I'm just not a fan of the subject matter. Plus it felt like things got stupid at times between Ester and her partner. It's categorized as horror but it's not really a horror. More psychological and gory. If you're into self mutilation, this is for you. Anyone else may have a tough time with it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review skye l Intense but vain concept, it tells you a story but it never makes you relate with the character and her emotions or the lack of them... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Highly original French horror...though not for all tastes--This one gets under your skin...One of the first real French sickies!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I have watched a lot of disturbing movies but this might be at the top of the list. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A bizarre and disturbing movie very much reminiscent of David Cronenberg's work. It's strangely captivating and keeps pulling surprises, climaxing at the absolutely brilliant dinner scene. Unfortunately it somewhat loses direction towards the end, and leaves you with a feeling that the story is somehow incomplete. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A woman becomes dangerously obsessed with her body after a disfiguring accident. De Van's eccentric and even aggressive body horror film will certainly split audiences in half - mostly because of its visual explicitness. However, what is most daunting about the film is that the uncomfortable and disgusting gory sequences are quite length and sometimes pad the lack of a rewarding plot, also concealing its simplicity. In My Skin is not particularly remarkable as an experimental work either - its parallel meaning and comments of self destructive vices, which are implied within the storyline, aren't very challenging. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Sep 18, 2004 Full Review Jamie Russell BBC.com Rated: 3/5 Aug 31, 2004 Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post As it is, it's a silly, if simultaneously deadpan and stomach-churning, psychological portrait of one crazy lady. Jun 4, 2004 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed A bit controversial, a bit subversive, a whole lot of intimate connection with the material, Marina de Van serves here an incredibly powerful piece of cinema about the body, the connection to one’s own body, and life as a woman. Rated: 5/5 Jul 30, 2022 Full Review Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) ...a spiral of alienation and sensual fascination... Feb 1, 2022 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Unpleasant and irredeemable. Rated: 0/5 Nov 2, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A Parisian marketing professional, Esther (Marina de Van) has a gruesome secret. She's been obsessed with the damage she can inflict upon her own body ever since sustaining a deep cut in an accident. Esther cuts her flesh with knives, scissors and other sharp household objects. Her behavior, of course, deeply worries her boyfriend Vincent (Laurent Lucas), but Esther can't stop harming herself. Soon her self-mutilation places her in mortal danger.
      Director
      Marina de Van
      Screenwriter
      Marina de Van
      Distributor
      Wellspring Cinema
      Production Co
      Canal+
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 7, 2003, Wide
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 20, 2004
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $31.0K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)