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Skin

Skin

2009•1h 47m•6.4/10
Drama

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6.4/10(50)

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

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Production

Elysian Films, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Sandra Laing

Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Sannie Lang

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Abraham Laing

Terri Ann Eckstein

Elsie Laing (aged 19)

Bongani Masondo

Henry Laing (aged 20)

Dan Robbertse

Dan Robbertse

Factory Foreman

Jeremy Crutchley

Jeremy Crutchley

TV Reporter

Tony Kgoroge

Tony Kgoroge

Petrus Zwane

Ella Ramangwane

Young Sandra

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