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Under My Dark Skin

2020 · 93 min

A quiet, observant character study that feels lived-in and emotionally raw, with moments of tenderness amid hardship.

Directed by: José Celestino Campusano
Genres: Drama
Starring: Morena Yfrán, Maryanne Lettieri, Belén D’Andrea

Overview: Morena is a trans woman who lives together with her elderly mother, keeping a harmonious relationship. Morena has been working in a textile factory for several years. She has two transvestite friends, one of them is Claudia, who is a teacher and has just accessed to her first employment as substitute; another is the very young and beautiful Myriam, immersed in a maelstrom of excesses linked to prostitution with police protection. Morena discovers that Ricardo, her current partner, has lied to her from the first moment, that he is married and is the father of two children, so she decides to end the relationship.

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Directed by: José Celestino Campusano
Genres: Drama
Starring: Morena Yfrán, Maryanne Lettieri, Belén D’Andrea

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
family
betrayal
survival
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: José Celestino Campusano
Written by: José Celestino Campusano
Starring: Morena Yfrán, Maryanne Lettieri, Belén D’Andrea, Emma Serna, Julián Siliberto, Ana Luzarth, Pablo Fazzari, Claudio Santorelli
Cinematography: Eric Elizondo
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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