SHORT SKIN
by Duccio Chiarini – Italy, UK, 83′
with Matteo Creatini, Francesca Agostini, Nicola Nocchi, Miriana Raschillà, Bianca Ceravolo, Michele Crestacci, Bianca Nappi, Crisula Stafida, Francesco Acquaroli, Lisa Granuzza di Vita.
Full synopsis:
Ever since he was a child, the seventeen-yearold Edoardo has suffered from a malformation of the foreskin that stops him from masturbating and makes him insecure and ill at ease with girls. Shut up in his sexless microcosm, Edoardo reacts with irritation to the pressures of the outside world, which do nothing but exacerbate his insecurity. No one around him seems to be capable of talking about anything but sex: his friend Arturo, obsessed with the idea of losing his virginity; his parents who urge Edoardo to make overtures to Bianca, the girl next door who has arrived from Milan as she does every year to spend the vacation with her grandmother; even his little sister Olivia, frantically in search of a bitch with which to mate her dog. It will not be the pressures of others that will release Edoardo from his shyness but the close encounter with a girl he meets by chance and an unexpected receptiveness toward him on Bianca’s part. Forced against his will to emerge from the shadows in which he has hidden for years, Edoardo will initially try to solve his problem by clumsy stratagems before finding, at last, the courage to face his own fears.
Director’s Statement:
Short Skin tells the story of a process of sexual and emotional growth. Confined by his fears and insecurities in a shell that cuts him off from girls, Edoardo will learn to develop other gifts that will help him to a deeper understanding of the female world and the endless contradictions of the sentiments. The idea of this film is to explore the fragility and weaknesses of the male sex, too often represented exclusively in terms of the stereotypes of machismo.
Screenings Schedule:
Saturday Aug 30, 11.30am, press – industry (Sala Casinò)
Saturday Aug 30, 5.45pm, public – all accreditations (Sala Casinò) World Premiere
Sunday Aug 31, 8.00pm, all accreditations (Sala Casinò)
Monday Sep 01, 5.30pm, all accreditations (Sala Perla 2)
Saturday Aug 30, 9.00pm, streaming in the Sala Web: Info & tickets
Official poster created by Gipi:
