Directed by:
Marina de VanScreenplay:
Marina de VanComposer:
Esbjörn SvenssonCast:
Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas, Léa Drucker, Thibault de Montalembert, Dominique Reymond, Bernard Alane, Damien Roussineau, Alain Rimoux, Marc RioufolPlots(1)
Esther, a self-conscious young woman who works for a public relations firm. One night at a party with her friend Sandrine, Esther wanders into the backyard and stumbles, scratching her leg on a piece of scrap metal. She goes back to the party, and later realizes that her injury is much more severe than she had thought. There's a huge, ugly gouge all the way up her shin, and she's bleeding profusely. She goes to a doctor, who patches her up and tells her she might need a skin graft. But Esther becomes obsessed with the wound. She won't let it heal, sneaking away during work to cut herself. As her leg becomes an ugly scarred mass, she begins to notice a problem with her arm. Before long, she's alienated Vincent and jeopardized her job with her compulsive, self-destructive behavior. But she continues on her grotesque downward spiral. (official distributor synopsis)
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Marina de Van
France
Best movies:
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Laurent Lucas
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Léa Drucker
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Thibault de Montalembert
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Dominique Reymond
Switzerland
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Bernard Alane
France
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Damien Roussineau
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In My Skin (2002)
Alain Rimoux
Best movies:
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Marc Rioufol
France
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