Drama · United States of America · 2005 · 1h 45m

Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin poster
Director
Gregg Araki
Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil McCormick Brady Corbet as Brian Lackey Michelle Trachtenberg as Wendy Peterson Jeffrey Licon as Eric Preston Mary Lynn Rajskub as Avalyn Friesen Elisabeth Shue as Mrs. McCormick
Crew
Steve Gainer — Director of Photography Gregg Araki — Editor Harold Budd — Original Music Composer Robin Guthrie — Original Music Composer Gregg Araki — Screenplay Scott Heim — Novel
Tagline

Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.

Synopsis

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Trailer Mysterious Skin — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
pedophilianew york citychild abuseamnesiarapepost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)based on novel or booktrainerhustlertraumakansas, usacoming of age
Key Collaborators
Gregg Araki Director Steve Gainer Director of Photography Gregg Araki Editor Harold Budd Original Music Composer Robin Guthrie Original Music Composer Gregg Araki Screenplay Scott Heim Novel Gregg Araki Producer Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Producer Mary Jane Skalski Producer Devorah Herbert Production Design Alix Hester Costume Design
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