Skin
- 2008
- Tous publics
- 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.8K
YOUR RATING
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
- Awards
- 14 wins & 10 nominations total
Nomathamsanga Baleka
- Factory Worker 1
- (as Thami Baleka)
Valesika Smith
- Factory Worker 2
- (as Valesica Smith)
Leana Truitsman
- Annie
- (as Leana Tryttsman)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsThe subtitle of the newspaper article about Sandra says "...young woman who was classified White, the Coloured, then White again ..." The words "the Coloured" should be "then Coloured".
- Quotes
Sannie Laing: Doves shit a lot!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Maltin on Movies: Unknown & Cedar Rapids (2011)
Featured review
It's 1965 Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. Sandra Laing is the young daughter of white Afrikaner parents Abraham (Sam Neill) and Sannie Laing (Alice Krige). She is kicked out of her all-white school for her African features despite being born as white. She is reclassified as colored and Abraham overturns it in court. At 17 in 1973, she has a relationship with black Petrus which drives a rift in between her family.
It's a compelling intriguing real life story. It takes a look at Apartheid from a different angle. There is a tough question at the center of the movie that is left uncertain. It does leave the movie at a disadvantage dealing with real people. Nothing is quite as clean in real life.
It's a compelling intriguing real life story. It takes a look at Apartheid from a different angle. There is a tough question at the center of the movie that is left uncertain. It does leave the movie at a disadvantage dealing with real people. Nothing is quite as clean in real life.
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- Jul 30, 2016
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- Also known as
- Boja kože
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $351,283
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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