Wild Skin

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Wild Skin
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French La Peau sauvage
Directed by Ariane Louis-Seize
Written byAriane Louis-Seize
Produced by Hany Ouichou
Jeanne-Marie Poulain
Starring Marilyn Castonguay
Alexis Lefebvre
Cinematography Shawn Pavlin
Edited by Sophie Farkas Bolla
Music byPeter Venne
Production
company
Art & Essai
Release date
  • September 13, 2016 (2016-09-13)(TIFF)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada

Wild Skin (French : La Peau sauvage) is a 2016 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize. Without dialogue, the film stars Marilyn Castonguay as a woman who has a strange erotic experience after unexpectedly finding a python in her apartment. [1]

The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. [2]

The film was a shortlisted Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards. [3] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards, the film was nominated for Best Live Action Short Drama. [4]

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