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Second Skin

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Second Skin

"A beautiful woman. A deadly scheme. A perfect murder."

2000

1h 35m

4.9(19 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Romance

Overview

A man opens a small-town bookstore in order to escape his connections to a mobster, but is reluctantly drawn back to his dark past by a mysterious woman.

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FilmBox+

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Natasha Henstridge

Natasha Henstridge

Crystal

Angus Macfadyen

Angus Macfadyen

Sam Kane

Liam Waite

Liam Waite

Tommy G

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

Merv Gutman

André Jacobs

André Jacobs

Harvey

Ana Alexander

Ana Alexander

Sheila

Norman Anstey

Norman Anstey

Hawthorne

Pierre Malherbe

Pierre Malherbe

Nick the Noodle

Creative team

Directed by: Darrell James Roodt
Written by: John Lau
Produced by: David Lancaster
Jeffrey Morton

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