The Man Who Sold His Skin

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

The Man Who Sold His Skin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Man Who Sold His Skin
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kaouther Ben Hania
Screenplay by	Kaouther Ben Hania
Based on	Tim by Wim Delvoye Skin by Roald Dahl
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
Distributed by	Hakka Distribution (Tunisia)^[1] BAC Films (France) Cinéart (Belgium)^[2] eksystent Filmverleih (Germany)^[3] Folkets Bio (Sweden)^[4] Bir Film (Turkey)^[5]
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

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),^[6] which was in turn inspired by Roald Dahl's 1952 short story "Skin".^[7] It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,^[8] making the shortlist of fifteen films.^[9] In March 2021, it was nominated for the Best International Feature Film.^[10]

It premiered in the Horizons section at the 77th Venice International Film Festival,^[11] where Yahya Mahayni won the Best Actor Award.^[12]^[13]

Premise

[edit]

Raqqa fiancés Sam and Abeer are separated by the Syrian Civil War. While Sam seeks refuge in Lebanon, Abeer 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.^[14] 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.^[15]

Cast

[edit]

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

Reception

[edit]

Critical response

[edit]

The Man Who Sold His Skin has an approval rating of 88% based on 52 professional reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Man Who Sold His Skin uses the tension between art and commerce as powerful fuel for a sobering story about freedom and human dignity."^[16] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 64 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[17]

Accolades

[edit]

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Academy Awards	25 April 2021	Best International Feature Film	Kaouther Ben Hania	Nominated	^[10]
Magritte Awards	12 February 2022	Best Foreign Film		Nominated	^[18]
Stockholm International Film Festival	19 November 2020	Bronze Horse		Nominated	^[19]
Stockholm International Film Festival	19 November 2020	Best Screenplay		Won	^[19]
Venice International Film Festival	12 September 2020	Best Film (Horizons section)	The Man Who Sold His Skin	Nominated	^[12]
Venice International Film Festival	12 September 2020	Best Actor (Horizons section)	Yahya Mahayni	Won	^[12]

References

[edit]

^ Elsa Keslassy (20 November 2020). "'The Man Who Sold His Skin' to Represent Tunisia in International Oscar Race". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "L'Homme qui a vendu sa peau". Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via www.cineart.be.
^ "Der Mann, der seine Haut verkaufte". eksystent. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ "The man who sold his skin | Folkets Bio". www.folketsbio.se. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ "The Man Who Sold His Skin". Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ Ward, Sarah (6 September 2020). "'The Man Who Sold His Skin': Venice Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Een rugtatoeage in ruil voor een visum in The Man Who Sold His Skin". parool. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^ Keslassy, Elsa (20 November 2020). "'The Man Who Sold His Skin' to Represent Tunisia in International Oscar Race". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ Davis, Clayton (9 February 2021). "Oscars Shortlists Announced in Nine Categories". Variety. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "The full list of 2021 Oscars nominations". The Guardian. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "Kaouther Ben Hania's 'The Man Who Sold His Skin' Scores Sales Following Middle East Premiere". Variety. 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Tartaglione, Nancy (12 September 2020). "'Nomadland' Scoops Golden Lion At Venice Film Festival – Full List Of Winnners". Deadline. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Collateral Awards of the 77th Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. La Biennale di Venezia. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Bradshaw, Peter (26 September 2021). "The Man Who Sold His Skin review – tattooed refugee story offers up art-world satire". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ Zacharek, Stephanie (9 April 2021). "In The Man Who Sold His Skin, a Refugee Stakes His Future on a Tattoo". TIME. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "The Man Who Sold His Skin - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "The Man Who Sold His Skin". www.metacritic.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Voici les nommés de la 11e cérémonie des Magritte du Cinéma". Le Soir (in French). 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "This year's winners!". Stockholms filmfestival. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

External links

[edit]

v t e Tunisian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1995	Le magique (1995)
2001–2020	The Magic Box (2002) As I Open My Eyes (2016) The Last of Us (2017) Beauty and the Dogs (2018) Dear Son (2019) The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
2021–present	Golden Butterfly (2021) Under the Fig Trees (2022) Four Daughters (2023) Take My Breath (2024)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Man_Who_Sold_His_Skin&oldid=1254960379"

Hidden categories:

Premise

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Accolades

See also

References

External links