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  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
A Skin So Soft

Summary Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and follow...

Directed By: Denis Côté

Written By: Denis Côté

  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

A Skin So Soft

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and follow...

Directed By: Denis Côté

Written By: Denis Côté

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
65
75% Positive
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
65
75% Positive
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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88
Jul 6, 2018
The pleasure of Denis Côté's film radiates not so much from its storytelling as it does from the meditative force of its formal construction. Read our review.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 16, 2018
Côté’s film patiently paints a picture of men who are more than their bodies, revealing the emotions beneath the skin and muscles and challenging perceptions about them.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
75
Côté’s film does work very well for the most part as a somewhat cold, ornamental study of what our epidermal tissue looks like at terminal mass.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 16, 2018
This doc seeks the vulnerability in subjects who live in pursuit of iron-man ideals many of us find ridiculous.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
70
Côté assures them a humanity as well, without trying to analyze their obsession with this extravagant concept of masculinity, nor the need for self-display.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 5, 2018
Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté holds up a shallow mirror to the world of bodybuilding in the underwhelming experimental documentary A Skin So Soft.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
40
Côté employs a methodical reticence that often leaves the viewer guessing as to the significance of the images we are seeing.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Art et essai, Close Up Films
Release Date Jun 15, 2018
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Awards

Vancouver Film Critics Circle
• 2 Nominations
Le Gala Quebec Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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