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Short Skin

Original title: Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo
  • 20142014
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 26m
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6.5/10
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Matteo Creatini in Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo (2014)
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An awkward teenage boy with phimosis deals with lack of confidence and sexual pressure from the outside world.An awkward teenage boy with phimosis deals with lack of confidence and sexual pressure from the outside world.An awkward teenage boy with phimosis deals with lack of confidence and sexual pressure from the outside world.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
639
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  • Director
    • Duccio Chiarini
  • Writers
    • Duccio Chiarini(screenplay)
    • Ottavia Madeddu(screenplay)
    • Marco Pettenello(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Matteo Creatini
    • Francesca Agostini
    • Nicola Nocchi
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  • Director
    • Duccio Chiarini
  • Writers
    • Duccio Chiarini(screenplay)
    • Ottavia Madeddu(screenplay)
    • Marco Pettenello(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Matteo Creatini
    • Francesca Agostini
    • Nicola Nocchi
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    • 2User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations

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    Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo (2014)
    Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo (2014)
    Matteo Creatini and Francesca Agostini in Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo (2014)
    Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo (2014)
    Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo (2014)

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    Matteo Creatini
    Matteo Creatini
    • Edoardoas Edoardo
    Francesca Agostini
    • Biancaas Bianca
    Nicola Nocchi
    • Arturoas Arturo
    Miriana Raschillà
    • Elisabettaas Elisabetta
    Bianca Ceravolo
    • Oliviaas Olivia
    Michele Crestacci
    • Robertoas Roberto
    Bianca Nappi
    Bianca Nappi
    • Danielaas Daniela
    Crisula Stafida
    • Pamelaas Pamela
    Francesco Acquaroli
    Francesco Acquaroli
    • Doctoras Doctor
    Lisa Granuzza Di Vita
    • Laraas Lara
    Anna Ferzetti
    • Annaas Anna
    Edoardo Pagliai
    Edoardo Pagliai
    • Young Edoardoas Young Edoardo
    Lucilla Tarita Bastet Teti
    • Young Oliviaas Young Olivia
    • Director
      • Duccio Chiarini
    • Writers
      • Duccio Chiarini(screenplay) (story)
      • Ottavia Madeddu(screenplay) (story)
      • Marco Pettenello(screenplay)
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    5/10
    Physical pain can mask deeper wounds
    Edo has phimosis. If you don't know, this is a condition in which the foreskin cannot be retracted fully over the glans penis due to tightness. It can be painful and uncomfortable, and may require surgery.

    To make matters worse, Edo has no trouble meeting girls, or even finding those willing to have sex with him - not bad for a guy who looks like a taller Bob Dylan.

    His voice, more than anything, is a clue that there may be something else missing from Edo, other than correct sexual functioning. It's a small, choked sound, that seems to emanate from a much older man. Indeed, Edo is hunched and stooped, gangly and awkward in a manner more befitting a painfully skinny old person, not a vivacious youth - which Edo is not.

    But why Edo is like that, we don't really find out. I guess you have to give the film props that it doesn't serve up the typical adolescent male stereotype - though it does feature a truly bizarre riff on the most famous scene from "American Pie".

    There are some things going on his Edo's life aside from his condition. His parents' marriage explodes, and he begins to wonder if his relationship with a close female friend may have romantic potential - and can one have that without the sexual?

    But his weird tiny voice and hang-dog demeanour are present before these. It seems like there are, or should be, dimensions to Edo's character that the movie doesn't want to show us. It does show us the character naked - though not his phimosis in any close detail - and it does show him perhaps penetrating the strangest thing I have ever seen penetrated in a movie - but it doesn't really show us his personality, or why he feels the way he feels.

    There is a moment in the movie where the character talks about wanting to stick his head out a train window but being scared a tunnel or a pole might cut it off. I expected, nay, I KNEW, that by the end of the movie, he would do so. Because, you know, silly character development the screenwriters learnt in "How to write a screenplay in 15 minutes", available for one Euro in the bargain bin of Italian book stores.

    It's just a shame that tome didn't teach how to write a decent character to be developed in the first place.
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    • Jul 27, 2018

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    • Release date
      • October 9, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
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    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Küçük Bir Sorun
    • Filming locations
      • Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
    • Production companies
      • La Régle Du Jeu
      • Asmara Films
      • Biennale College - Cinema
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    • Budget
      • €150,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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