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The Man Who Sold His Skin (Arabic: الرجل الذي باع ظهره, romanized: ar-rajul allaḏī bāʿa ẓahrahu, lit. 'The Man Who Sold His Back') is a 2020 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Its plot was inspired by Belgian contemporary artist Wim Delvoye's living work Tim (2006),[1] which was in turn inspired by Roald Dahl's 1952 short story "Skin".[2] It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,[3] making the shortlist of fifteen films.[4] In March 2021, it was nominated for the Best International Feature Film.[5]

The Man Who Sold His Skin
Directed by	Kaouther Ben Hania
Written by	Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by	Habib Attia Nadim Cheikhrouha Martin Hampel Thanassis Karathanos Annabella Nezri Andreas Rocksén
Starring	Yahya Mahayni Dea Liane Koen De Bouw Monica Bellucci
Cinematography	Christopher Aoun
Edited by	Marie-Hélène Dozo
Music by	Amine Bouhafa
Production companies	Cinétéléfilms Tanit Films Twenty Twenty Vision Kwassa Films Laika Film & Television Metafora Media Production Sunnyland Film Film i Väst VOO BeTV Istiqlal Films
Release date	4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) (Venice)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Tunisia France Germany Belgium Sweden Turkey Cyprus
Languages	Arabic English French

It premiered in the Horizons section at the 77th Venice International Film Festival,[6] where Yahya Mahayni won the Best Actor Award.[7][8]

Plot

Raqqa fiancés Sam and Abeer are separated by the Syrian Civil War. While he seeks refuge in Lebanon, her family forces her to marry a richer man and move with him to Brussels. In the desperate pursuit of money and the needed paperwork to travel to Europe to rescue her, Sam accepts to have his back tattooed as a Schengen visa by one of the most controversial contemporary artists in the West. His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam will soon realize he has sold away more than just his skin.

Cast

• Yahya Mahayni as Sam Ali
• Dea Liane as Abeer
• Koen De Bouw as Jeffrey Godefroi
• Monica Bellucci as Soraya Waldy
• Saad Lostan as Ziad
• Darina Al Joundi as Sam's mother
• Jan Dahdouh as Hazem
• Christian Vadim as William
• Wim Delvoye as insurance broker

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Academy Awards	25 April 2021	Best International Feature Film	Kaouther Ben Hania	Nominated	[5]
Magritte Awards	12 February 2022	Best Foreign Film		Nominated	[9]
Stockholm International Film Festival	19 November 2020	Bronze Horse		Nominated	[10]
		Best Screenplay		Won
Venice International Film Festival	12 September 2020	Best Film (Horizons section)	The Man Who Sold His Skin	Nominated	[7]
		Best Actor (Horizons section)	Yahya Mahayni	Won

See also

• List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Tunisian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

References

External links

• The Man Who Sold His Skin at IMDb
• The Man Who Sold His Skin at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] The Man Who Sold His Skin

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[es] El hombre que vendió su piel

El hombre que vendió su piel (en árabe, الرجل الذي باع ظهره‎, romanizado: ar-rajul allaḏī bāʿa ẓahrihu, lit. 'The Man Who Sold His Back') es una coproducción internacional de 2020 dirigida por la cineasta tunecina Kaouther Ben Hania.[1] El drama satírico fue estrenado en la 77ª Muestra Internacional de Cine de Venecia.[2] La película fue elegida por Túnez como candidata para competir en los Premios Oscar de 2020 en la categoría de mejor película de habla no inglesa.[3] La nominación fue validada por la Academia, entrando así en la lista corta de candidatas.[4] Fue la primera vez en la historia que una película tunecina competía en los Premios Oscar.[5]

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