The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
- Original title
- الرجل الذي باع ظهره
- Directed by
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Genre
- drama film, black comedy film
- Country
- Tunisia, Cyprus, Germany, France
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- R18+
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 149 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Syrian man fleeing conflict agrees to have his back tattooed by a famous artist, turning his body into a valuable work of art. As he lives under the restrictions of this arrangement, he struggles to regain control of his life and his identity.
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What happens
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Arabic: الرجل الذي باع ظهره, romanized: ar-rajul allaḏī bāʿa ẓahrahu, lit. 'The Man Who Sold His Back') is a 2020 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Its plot was inspired by Belgian contemporary artist Wim Delvoye's living work Tim (2006), which was in turn inspired by Roald Dahl's 1952 short story "Skin". It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films. In March 2021, it was nominated for the Best International Feature Film. It premiered in the Horizons section at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where Yahya Mahayni won the Best Actor Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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