The Reflecting Skin1990
“Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.”
Directed by Philip Ridley
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🏆 6 wins & 3 nominations total
The premise
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.
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Set against the sun-bleached vastness of 1950s rural Idaho, The Reflecting Skin sees a young boy's world slowly unravel as death and dread close in around him. Convinced that the enigmatic widow living nearby is something far more sinister than a grieving woman, he retreats deeper into a private mythology of monsters and horror. Director Philip Ridley crafts a fever-dream vision of postwar America where innocence corrodes under the weight of adult secrets. Beautiful and deeply strange, it lingers long after the credits roll.
Content: Death Of Children, Implied Sexual Violence, Disturbing Imagery, Suicide Themes, Animal Harm
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