A Skin So Soft + Master Class: Denis Côté

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Director:Denis Côté
Length:93 minutes
Genre:Documentary

A Skin So Soft + Master Class: Denis Côté

Ta peau si lisse; Denis Côté, 2017, OV (fran.) + AT + eST | MFF BA 2017; Denis Côté, 2017, versions: OR,SS,ES,

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Director: Denis Côté • Scenario: Denis Côté • Camera: François Messier-Rheault

It is easy to ridicule bodybuilders and picture them as brute barbarians whose sole concern is the size and symmetry of their musculature. But Denis Côté in his latest motion picture chose to portray them rather as gentle creatures each of whom must have been brought to their hobby by something, although we may never discover what it was. Côté follows six bodybuilders and, as one would expect, he depicts them as if everything revolved around the carnal desire for the perfection of their flesh, as if they lacked any other purpose in life. We don’t know what they have been through or what they do for a living, and we realise that there is more to their stories that remains unaddressed – for instance when we see one of them weeping. Nevertheless, Côté’s portrayal brings a civil dimension to his characters’ fascination.

Length: 93 min

Year: 2017

Country of origin:

  • Canada

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles

More info about festival and tickets on festival website IFF BA

Director: Denis Côté • Scenario: Denis Côté • Camera: François Messier-Rheault

It is easy to ridicule bodybuilders and picture them as brute barbarians whose sole concern is the size and symmetry of their musculature. But Denis Côté in his latest motion picture chose to portray them rather as gentle creatures each of whom must have been brought to their hobby by something, although we may never discover what it was. Côté follows six bodybuilders and, as one would expect, he depicts them as if everything revolved around the carnal desire for the perfection of their flesh, as if they lacked any other purpose in life. We don’t know what they have been through or what they do for a living, and we realise that there is more to their stories that remains unaddressed – for instance when we see one of them weeping. Nevertheless, Côté’s portrayal brings a civil dimension to his characters’ fascination.

Year: 2017

Country of origin:

  • Canada

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles