In My Skin
Réalisation:
Marina de VanScénario:
Marina de VanMusique:
Esbjörn SvenssonActeurs·trices:
Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas, Léa Drucker, Thibault de Montalembert, Dominique Reymond, Bernard Alane, Damien Roussineau, Alain Rimoux (plus)Résumés(1)
Esther, une trentenaire gaie et ambitieuse, effectue une mission dans un institut de sondage où elle espère bientôt être embauchée. Mais une blessure à la jambe la stoppe dans son élan professionnel et sentimental. Bientôt happée par une pulsion autodestructrice, Esther va lutter pour sauver sa carrière et surtout sa relation amoureuse avec Vincent. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (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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