| A Skin So Soft | |
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 Film poster | |
| French | Ta peau si lisse |
| Directed by | Denis Côté |
| Written by | Denis Côté |
| Produced by | Denis Côté Joëlle Bertossa Jeanne-Marie Poulain Dounia Sichov |
| Cinematography | François Messier-Rheault |
| Edited by | Nicolas Roy |
Production companies | Art et essai Close Up Films |
| Distributed by | Breaking Glass Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Countries | Canada France Switzerland |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $75,000[1] |
A Skin So Soft (French: Ta peau si lisse) is a 2017 documentary film, directed by Canadian director Denis Côté.[2] A Canadian, French and Swiss coproduction,[3] the film chronicles the daily monotonous routines of a select few men whose lives revolve around extreme bodybuilding.[2]
The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2017,[3] and is slated to have its Canadian premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
The movie was originally produced in French and some have noted that the title's translation to English has produced a linguistic chasm. The direct translation of the French title, Ta peau si lisse being "a skin so smooth", which upon initial examination flows more easily with the images that come to mind when one thinks of the over pumped and well-maintained muscles of the Canadian bodybuilders featured, than the delicate title A Skin So Soft.[2]
- ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (December 5, 2017). "Ta peau si lisse – Film de Denis Côté" [A Skin So Soft – Film by Denis Côté] (in French). Films du Québec. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c Weissberg, Jay (August 4, 2017). "Film Review: 'A Skin So Soft'". Variety.
- ^ a b "Ta peau si lisse", un film coproduit par la Suisse, en lice à Locarno". RTS Culture. August 4, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Quebec films find a home at TIFF". Montreal Gazette, August 25, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2023.