In My Skin(2002)
Some truths cut deep.
After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own.
Movie: In My Skin
Top 10 Billed Cast
Esther
Vincent
Sandrine
Daniel
La cliente
Client
Henri
L'intern
Le pharmacien
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