The Man Who Sold His Skin

(2021)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 155 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2021

Runtime: 104 мин

Country: Germany, Belgium

Director: Kaouther Ben Hania

Cast: Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Моника Беллуччи, Saad Lostan, Darina Al Joundi, Jan Dahdouh, Christian Vadim, Marc de Panda, Najoua Zouhair

Plot

To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.

Sam Ali, a Syrian young man, took refuge in Lebanon to flee the Syrian civil war. There, he meets Jeffrey Godefroi, a famous tattoo artist, who makes Mr Ali's back his canvas for a piece of work. Soon, Mr Ali becomes aliving work of art, worth an astronomical sum on the art market,l. Collectors are interested, auction goes up, human rights activists are outraged. Mr Ali must get out of the predicament he's in; the man who sold his skin.