Skin

Skin

6.4IMDb Score
Released:2009-07-24
Genre:Drama
Duration:107 min
Director:Anthony Fabian
Actors:Sophie Okonedo, Alice Krige, Sam Neill, Terri Ann Eckstein, Bongani Masondo
Production:Elysian Films, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa
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Overview:

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

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