The Skin I Live In

Age of Consent

1969 · ★ 6

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.

The Boxer's Omen

1983 · ★ 6.6

After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.

A Tale of Two Cities

1980 · ★ 6.1

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Kill Your Darlings

Tom and Wendy Graves, married for 25 years, have a life-changing secret. The story follows them through key moments, including their fiftieth birthday party, home purchase, Jason's birth, and colleague's death. The secret, a terrible act, has held them together throughout their marriage, but its power is fraying.

What's Left Inside

2021

Broken up with on the eve of a global lockdown, a man is pushed to the brink of madness by his isolation... only to discover he may not be as alone as he initially thought.

Cukor

1982

A TV film based on Karol Horák's novel. The story takes place in southern Gemer in the spring of 1945. It covers several days in the first months after the war. Matyla, a simple village woman, sets out into the world to get sugar for her daughter and her unborn child. A film about a mother, which is a testimony about people and an era from the perspective of the current middle generation.

Night Closes

2017

Emily is a photographer, snapping pictures in Scotland one cold night. She doesn't really believe in ghosts. An encounter with a mysterious figure in a close on a famous Edinburgh street, may change her mind.

So Evil My Love

1948 · ★ 6.4

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.

Pinku

2025

Ivy is a Gen Z private eye. She vapes. She takes Jell-O shots. And this next case might be her last.

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

Nombeko Mayeki is a young woman from Soweto who finds herself caught in an international whirlwind from South Africa to Sweden. A heroine born in the slums of South Africa, she rises from obscurity to become the key player in an international nuclear conspiracy, accidentally saving the Swedish monarchy and averting global catastrophe with her quick-witted resourcefulness.

Jennie Gerhardtová

1980

No synopsis available.

A Whisker Away

2020 · ★ 7.9

A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.