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Shed My Skin

Country: Germany, Language: German, 86 mins

Original Title

Aus der Haut
  • Director: Stefan Schaller
  • Writer: Jan Braren
  • Producer: Nico Hofmann; Holger Krenz

CGiii Comment

Angsty teens, angsty parents...it's just too damned angsty!

It takes half the film for this young man to come out...you'd think then...things might brighten up...not in a month of Sundays!

It certainly paints a bleak and miserable picture for gay youth...throw into the mix, a vile pederast and a crumbling marriage...

It really is 86 minutes of abject misery!


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The(ir) Blurb...

When 17 year old Milan wrecks his father’s car, drunk, his parents imagine the worst. They are relieved to find out he’s ‘just’ gay: not a problem for modern, well-adjusted parents like them. Or is it? With a brilliant cast and sensitive screenplay, this turns the classical coming-out film into something far more relevant, modern and relatable.

Cast & Characters

Merlin Rose as Milan;
Claudia Michelsen as Susann;
Johann von Bülow as Gustav;
Leonard Proxauf as Christoph;
Johannes Krisch as Roland;
Manuel Rubey as Harro;
Nicole Mercedes Müller as Larissa;
Henriette Hölzel as Cora;
Sophia Geidel as Jessica;
Vincent Alexander Göhre as Leander;
Isabel Schosnig as Ines;
Luc Feit as Peter;
Jan Bülow as Julian;
Silvina Buchbauer as Rebecca;
Alexandra Finder as Gita