In My Skin (2002)

Original title

Dans ma peau

Directed by

Marina de Van

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 149 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After a party accident injures her leg, a woman becomes obsessed with her own body. She starts cutting and harming herself in ways that isolate her from her partner and career.

unsettlingintenseclinicaldisturbingslow-burnbleakbody-horrorpsychological

What happens

In My Skin (French: Dans ma peau) is a 2002 New French Extremity horror film written by, directed by, and starring Marina de Van. It details the downward mental spiral of Esther, a woman (played by de Van) who engages in increasingly destructive acts of self-mutilation following an accident that injures her leg at a party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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