In My Skin

Dec 4, 2002

1h 33m

★ 6.0

Some truths cut deep.

Overview

After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Lazennec et Associés

CNC

Natexis Banques Populaires Images 2

In My Skin Trailers

Cast

Esther

Marina de Van

Vincent

Laurent Lucas

Sandrine

Léa Drucker

Daniel

Thibault de Montalembert

La cliente

Dominique Reymond

Client

Bernard Alane

Henri

Marc Rioufol

Pierre

François Lamotte

L'intern

Adrien de Van

Le pharmacien

Alain Rimoux

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