Dans ma peau (2002)

Director:

Marina de Van

Writer:

Marina de Van (writer)

Release Date:

4 December 2002 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Plot:

A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident. |

Plot Keywords:

French Shock Cinema | Self Cannibalism | Self Mutilation | Scar | Madness

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Marina de Van	...	Esther
Laurent Lucas	...	Vincent
Léa Drucker	...	Sandrine
Thibault de Montalembert	...	Daniel
Dominique Reymond	...	La cliente
Bernard Alane	...	Le client
Marc Rioufol	...	Henri
François Lamotte	...	Pierre
Adrien de Van	...	L'interne
Alain Rimoux	...	Le pharmacien
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chantal Baroin	...	Invitée
Caroline Brunner	...	Serveuse
Wilfried Malori	...	Nageur
Giovanni Portincasa
Damien Roussineau	...	Nageur
Thomas de Van	...	Le serveur
Thierry Vermuth	...	Invité

Also Known As:

Coupures (France) (working title)
In My Skin (International: English title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Germany:16 | Australia:R | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Unrated | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Lazennec & Associés

Over the edge, disturbing and thought-provoking

This is a movie made with the confidence of one who knows exactly what she is trying to communicate. The problem is that what is being communicated is so far beyond the norm that it is not going to be easily grasped. Esther is a highly intelligent young woman. The main thread of the story begins when she accidentally injures herself. Through the injury she begins to see her herself as merely meat, an object. Meat can not suffer, has no emotions, has no ambitions, is immune to the pressures and pettiness of everyday life. She finds this release increasingly more fascinating and attractive. This is not something she can communicate to anyone around her so she explores it in secret attempting to finally exist as a mere object devoid of all humanity. Her loneliness adds a cutting edge of sadness to the story. If she found the right person to share her thoughts with we may have ended up with an equally bizarre love story.

I found it difficult to watch this movie all the way through without a break. Some of my friends have not even managed to watch it past the first twenty minutes. If you do manage to sit through this movie, I am pretty sure that not only will you thereafter remember it vividly, you will also find it hard to stop talking about it.