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  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to r...

Directed By: Kaouther Ben Hania

Written By: Kaouther Ben Hania

  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 44 m

The Man Who Sold His Skin

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to r...

Directed By: Kaouther Ben Hania

Written By: Kaouther Ben Hania

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
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31% Mixed
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100
Apr 8, 2021
The Man Who Sold His Skin may not be entirely believable, but its many great metaphors for multiple social ills create their own, withering truth. The film doesn’t ask us to turn our gaze away from the world’s ugly realities, but to see them in the very handsome images they inspired Ben Hania to make.
By Bob Strauss FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 16, 2021
An audacious but not always palatable mix of drama, tragedy, romance, satire and dark humor.
By Alissa Simon FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 6, 2021
At times, The Man Who Sold His Skin plays like a cultural parody, but its aim is dead serious, and more sobering. The pathos and tragedy of the global refugee crisis is its target, not the pretensions of the international art market, and it, from time to time, delivers a sting.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 7, 2021
Tunisia’s first Oscar-nominated film, The Man Who Sold His Skin, is an emulsion of ideas, each as ambitiously thought-provoking as the next.
By Jenny Nulf FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 30, 2021
Art, commerce, and immigration are inextricably bound in Kaouther Ben Hania’s playful and gently moving, if uneven, film.
By Derek Smith FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 8, 2021
Between the forced artistry and the confused tones, it leaves this well-intentioned tale of transgressive imagination and transactional humanity more temporary in its effect than permanent.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 15, 2021
The supposedly important themes of immigrants and Syria are cancelled by its naive flippancy.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tanit Films, Cinétéléfilms, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH, Kwassa Films, Laika Film & Television, ZDF/Arte, Metafora Production, Sunnyland Film, Film i Väst, VOO, BE TV, Istiqlal Films, Eurimages, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Belga Films Fund, Aide À La Coproduction Franco-Tunisienne, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Fonds Images de la Francophonie, Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date Apr 2, 2021
Duration 1 h 44 m
Genres
Tagline What price would you pay for freedom?
Website https://www.anotherworld.no/the-man-who-sold-his-skin/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
El Gouna Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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