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Feature film — 2009

Skin (2009)

6.41h 47mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 50 votes.

Elysian Films / Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa / The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa

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Director: Anthony Fabian

On screen

Cast & crew

Sophie Okonedo as Sandra Laing

Sophie Okonedo

Sandra Laing

Sam Neill as Abraham Laing

Sam Neill

Abraham Laing

Alice Krige as Sannie Lang

Alice Krige

Sannie Lang

Tony Kgoroge as Petrus Zwane

Tony Kgoroge

Petrus Zwane

E

Ella Ramangwane

Young Sandra

Morné Visser as Doctor Sparks

Morné Visser

Doctor Sparks

Faniswa Yisa as Nora Molefe

Faniswa Yisa

Nora Molefe

Tongayi Chirisa as Township Priest

Tongayi Chirisa

Township Priest

Danny Keogh as Van Tonder

Danny Keogh

Van Tonder

Jeremy Crutchley as TV Reporter

Jeremy Crutchley

TV Reporter

T

Terri Ann Eckstein

Elsie Laing (aged 19)

B

Bongani Masondo

Henry Laing (aged 20)