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This film is produced by Mary Jane Skalski.
Director Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, adapted from Scott Heim's acclaimed novel, is an intensely powerful chronicle of childhood innocence lost. The film features starmaking turns from Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) alongside the outstanding performances from co-stars Michelle Trachtenberg ("Gossip Girl"), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), and Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas).
At the age of eight, Kansas youngsters Neil and Brian played on the same little league baseball team. Now, ten years later, the two boys couldn't be more different. Neil is a charismatic but aloof male hustler, while Brian is a nervous introvert obsessed with the idea that he has been abducted by a UFO. When the boys' parallel lives inevitably intersect, the pair unearth dark, repressed secrets on a harrowing and unforgettable journey of self-discovery.
Reviews
"The depth of Araki’s humanism is as unexpected as the performances he directs are extraordinary. The scenes with the 8-year-old actors are tactful (although edited for effect), while the former child actors, Corbet and Gordon-Levitt, fully inhabit their adolescent roles." – The New York Times
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