The Reflecting Skin
Philip Ridley
- 1990
- United Kingdom, Canada
- Drama / Horror
- 1h36mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
New 4K master
In the rural fanatically conservative America of the 50s, a little boy tries to grow up despite the ugliness surrounding him. When one of his friends disappears, he suspects a young English girl of being a vampire, who has set her sights on his older brother, just back from the war…
When the British Philip Ridley sets his story in an America straight out of an Andrew Wyeth painting, he delivers a cruel tale that he himself defines as a “mythical interpretation of childhood”. Never has a coming of age story been as terrible and depressing as the one of this innocent whose inner world is submerged by adult lies. And when Ridley ventures into folk horror, it’s only a chilling misunderstanding. This masterpiece has not aged, and confirms its cult movie status.
Screenings
09/09 • 15h00 • Screen 500
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the screening of Marco is replaced by a screening of Philip Ridley's The Reflecting Skin
13/09 • 21h45 • Screen 100
Credits
- With : Jeremy Cooper, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Sheila Moore, Duncan Fraser...
- Screenplay : Philip Ridley
- Photography : Dick Pope
- Editing : Scott Thomas
- Music by : Nick Bicât
- Production : Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
