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A Skin So Soft (2017)

A Skin So Soft poster
Original title
Ta peau si lisse
Directed by
Denis Côté
Genre
documentary film
Country
Switzerland, Canada
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
16
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows several Canadian bodybuilders as they go through their daily workouts and routines. It shows the repetitive and extreme nature of their lifestyle.

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What happens

A Skin So Soft (French: Ta peau si lisse) is a 2017 documentary film, directed by Canadian director Denis Côté. A Canadian, French and Swiss coproduction, the film chronicles the daily monotonous routines of a select few men whose lives revolve around extreme bodybuilding. The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2017, and is slated to have its Canadian premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie was originally produced in French and some have noted that the title's translation to English has produced a linguistic chasm. The direct translation of the French title, Ta peau si lisse being "a skin so smooth", which upon initial examination flows more easily with the images that come to mind when one thinks of the over pumped and well-maintained muscles of the Canadian bodybuilders featured, than the delicate title A Skin So Soft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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