Short Skin
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Short Skin

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness...

5.8 / 10 2015 1h 26mNR Italian
Comedy

Storyline

Ever since he was a child, the seventeen-years-old Edoardo has suffered from a malformation of the foreskin that stops him from masturbating and makes him insecure and ill at ease with girls. Shut up in his sexless microcosm, Edoardo reacts with irritation to the pressures of the outside world, which do nothing but exacerbate his insecurity. Forced against his will to emerge from the shadows in which he has hidden for years, Edoardo will initially try to solve his problem by clumsy stratagems before finding, at last, the courage to face his own fears.

Cast & Crew

Matteo Creatini

Matteo Creatini

Edoardo

Lead
Francesca Agostini

Francesca Agostini

Bianca

NN

Nicola Nocchi

Arturo

Bianca Nappi

Bianca Nappi

Daniela

Miriana Raschillà

Miriana Raschillà

Elisabetta

MC

Michele Crestacci

Roberto

BC

Bianca Ceravolo

Olivia

Crisula Stafida

Crisula Stafida

Pamela

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Duccio Chiarini's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Short Skin is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker