On My Skin (2018 film)

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On My Skin
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Directed byAlessio Cremonini
Written byAlessio Cremonini
Lisa Nur Sultan
Produced by Andrea Occhipinti
Luigi Musini
Olivia Musini
Starring Alessandro Borghi
Jasmine Trinca
Milvia Marigliano
CinematographyMatteo Cocco
Production
company
Cinemaundici [1]
Distributed byLucky Red / Netflix
Release dates
  • 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)(Venice)
  • 12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

On My Skin (Italian : Sulla mia pelle) is an Italian drama film directed by Alessio Cremonini, starring Alessandro Borghi. The film is based on the real story of the last days of Stefano Cucchi, a 31-year-old building surveyor who died in 2009 during preventive custody, victim of police brutality. [2]

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Plot

On the evening of 15 October 2009, Stefano Cucchi, a young building surveyor, is brought to Regina Coeli prison in Rome after being found in possession of some packs of hashish, 2 grams of cocaine and a pill of a medicine for epilepsy.

During precautionary custody, Cucchi is beaten up by police officers, despite he continues to deny that he has been treated so cruelly. Despite Stefano's requests to choose his own lawyer, he is assigned a public defender, and the judge establishes that Stefano must remain in custody in Regina Coeli. Despite several efforts, Stefano's parents, Giovanni and Rita, and sister Ilaria are never allowed to visit him.

On 22 October, Stefano dies due to his many injuries. This brings his family, led by his sister Ilaria, to start a battle for the truth and to try to find the people responsible for Stefano's death, once they realized, looking at his corpse in the morgue, that he has been savagely beaten.

Cast

Film epilogue

The film epilogue reads: "Stefano Cucchi was the 148th person to die in prison in 2009. The total number of deaths that year was 172. Doctors and forensic experts have not yet found a scientific explanation they can agree on for Stefano Cucchi's death. In their son's apartment, Stefano Cucchi's parents found over a kilo of hashish and 130 grams of cocaine, which they reported to the police straightaway. In the first trial for Stefano Cucchi's death, all of the defendants were acquitted. After a further investigation by the public prosecutor, on July 10th 2017 the judge for preliminary hearings indicted three Carabinieri for involuntary manslaughter and two others for slander and forgery of public documents. After Stefano's death, Ilaria Cucchi, his parents Rita and Giovanni and lawyer Fabio Anselmo embarked on a fight for the truth. In 2017 they set up a non-profit organization in Stefano's name to defend citizens' human and civil rights.

Release

The film premiered on 29 August 2018 in the "Horizons" section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, where it was the opening film. [3] It was distributed simultaneously in Italian cinemas by Lucky Red and through the Netflix streaming service from 12 September 2018. [4] [5]

Reception

On My Skin has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10. [6]

Awards and nominations

David di Donatello Awards (2019)

Other awards

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References

  1. ↑ "ON MY SKIN". filmitalia.org. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "'On My Skin' Trailer: Venice Selection Tells The True Story Of The Controversial Arrest Of Stefano Cucchi". The Playlist. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Sulla mia pelle". labiennale.it (in Italian). 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  4. ↑ "Venezia 75, Sulla mia Pelle: il teaser del film d'apertura di Orizzonti". badtaste.it (in Italian). 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Italian Distributor Lucky Red Responds To Exhibitor Anger Over Netflix's Venice Plan". Deadline.com. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ↑ "On My Skin". Rotten Tomatoes .
  7. ↑ "Mostra del Cinema di Venezia: il premio Brian a "Sulla mia pelle"". A ragion veduta. UAAR. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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