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Mysterious Skin

2005 · 105 min

A haunting, tender descent into buried trauma, unfolding with quiet dread and aching compassion.

Tagline
Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
Overview
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • memory
  • identity
  • isolation
  • sexuality
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight10

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gregg Araki
Written by
Gregg Araki
Starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Long, Bill Sage
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America, Netherlands
Languages
English

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