In My Skin
Director:
Marina de VanGuión:
Marina de VanMúsica:
Esbjörn SvenssonReparto:
Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas, Léa Drucker, Thibault de Montalembert, Dominique Reymond, Bernard Alane, Damien Roussineau, Alain Rimoux, Marc RioufolSinopsis(1)
Esther, con sus 30 años, es una joven alegre y ambiciosa que está haciendo un trabajo para un Instituto de sondeo, en el que espera que pronto le contraten. Una noche, durante una fiesta, se hiere de cierta gravedad en la pierna, pero no se dá cuenta hasta unas horas más tarde. Este incidente la perturba profundamente hasta el punto de que, sin quererlo, cambia la visión que tiene de su propio cuerpo y le inflige heridas deliberadamente, como para ponerlo a prueba. Esclava de su pulsión auto-destructiva, Esther lucha por salvar el futuro profesional que se ha marcado y, sobre todo, su relación sentimental con Vincent. (Filmin)
(más)Reseñas (2)
Formal and psychological greyness and a huge borefest that hides behind a supposedly controversial and not very often addressed topic in films. Self-harm is, of course, a fetish worthy of a thorough cinematic probe, but Marina de Van doesn't even come close to it and only attempts to break the taboo in two slightly explicit scenes (which, dear fans of extreme cinema, can't be compared to every other representative of New French Extremity). I understand the idea of the impossibility of somehow supporting and confronting this psychological block, but I don't understand why I had to stare at 90 minutes of pure filmmaking shoddiness that doesn't psychologically progress and in sum goes nowhere.
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To give the film depth, it aims for a more artistic approach rather than trying to win over the audience. There are unnecessarily long scenes that start to become quite boring after a while, even though they depict somewhat believably self-harm. Marina de Van became intoxicated with her idea and plot, only to end up halfway there and not bring anything substantially new, just the self-harm itself, which simply affects you because it won't be pleasant to watch.
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