The Man Who Sold His Skin

2020
1h 44m

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6.9/10

7.4K

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His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

7.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 12 nominations total

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Trivia
While director Kaouther Ben Hania was visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris in 2012, there was a retrospective of Belgian artist Wim Delvoye. There she saw, in Napoleon III's apartments, Delvoye's Tim (2006 - 08), in which the artist had tattooed the back of Tim Steiner, who was sitting on an armchair with his shirt off displaying Delvoye's design. The piece was sold to a German art collector and Tim is contractually obliged to spend a certain amount of time, topless and sitting still, in a gallery every year. Wim Delvoye appears in the movie as the insurance guy.

Goofs
When Sam Ali changes his seat at the train at 05:55, the place of the man in the back seat changes each time the camera switches between Sam and Abeer.

Quotes
Sam Ali: Don't take it badly, ok? fuck you.

Connections
Featured in The Oscars (2021)

Soundtracks
Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: I, 'Filiae maestae Jerusalem'
Music by Antonio Vivaldi (uncredited)
Conducted and Performed by Philippe Jaroussky (Audio) (p)
Performed by Ensemble Artaserse (uncredited)
2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

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7/10

Unique, but a little too aimless at times

The Man Who Sold His Skin is a pretty good movie. And it's one about art that to an extent shares my feelings and opinions of it. Meaning, that I was naturally inclined to like it as soon as I understood what was going on... And I did.

But the movie comes with its own collection of flaws that are a little too big to miss. The greatest complaint I have is that the movie overall seemed aimless. Aimless in that there was no one destination the writers felt comfortable diving deep into. Rather, the movie keeps itself safe on the surface; often finding itself at the door of a sophisticated and thought provoking conflict, but hesitates entering or engaging with those questions. Another minor complaint is the ending; which after all what the movie has been about, felt a little too cheesy.

Overall, I like what the movie is about, and I'm glad I watched it. The complaints I have are not too great to prevent one from enjoying the movie.