الرجل الذي باع ظهره
What price would you pay for freedom?
Rate this
The Man Who Sold His Skin, is a 2021 Tunisian movie, and starring Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, with a runtime of 104 minutes. Content rating: 15.
The Man Who Sold His Skin is a Syrian-Tunisian drama film that follows Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee who flees the war to Lebanon, dreaming of reaching Paris to reunite with the woman he loves. Blocked by the impossibility of obtaining a visa, Sam accepts a provocative offer from one of Europe's most controversial contemporary artists: to have his entire back tattooed with a Schengen visa design, turning him into a living artwork to be exhibited in museums and sold at auction. The film is a searing examination of the blurry line between art and exploitation, using Sam's story as a lens on European attitudes toward refugees and the dehumanizing bargains that desperation forces upon the displaced.
The Man Who Sold His Skin 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.
Distributed by: Q111535155.
Sign in to leave a comment
