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Under the skin

Great Britain, USA, Switzerland | 2013, 108 min. | director: Jonathan Glazer | DoP: Daniel Landin | screenplay: Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer | cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Adam Pearson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Dougie McConnell, Kevin McAlinden
From visionary director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth) comes a stunning career transformation, a masterpiece of existential science fiction that journeys to the heart of what it means to be human, extraterrestrial—or something in between. A voluptuous woman of unknown origin (Scarlett Johansson) combs the highways in search of isolated or forsaken men, luring a succession of lost souls into an otherworldly lair. They are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again. Based on the novel by Michel Faber (The Crimson Petal and the White), Under The Skin examines human experience from the perspective of an unforgettable heroine who grows too comfortable in her borrowed skin, until she is abducted into humanity with devastating results.