Skin

Skin

Skin

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Skin

2009

1h 47m

6.4(50 votes)

Drama

Overview

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

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Production Companies

Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa

The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa

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Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

Sophie Okonedo

Sandra Laing

Sophie Okonedo

Acting

Alice Krige

Sannie Lang

Alice Krige

Acting

Sam Neill

Abraham Laing

Sam Neill

Acting

Terri Ann Eckstein

Elsie Laing (aged 19)

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Acting

Bongani Masondo

Henry Laing (aged 20)

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Dan Robbertse

Factory Foreman

Dan Robbertse

Acting

Jeremy Crutchley

TV Reporter

Jeremy Crutchley

Acting

Tony Kgoroge

Petrus Zwane

Tony Kgoroge

Acting

Ella Ramangwane

Young Sandra

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