Back La pell que brilla Catalan The Reflecting Skin Welsh Schrei in der Stille German The Reflecting Skin – lapsuuden loppu Finnish L'Enfant miroir (film, 1990) French Riflessi sulla pelle Italian Отражающая кожа Russian
| The Reflecting Skin | |
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| Directed by | Philip Ridley |
| Written by | Philip Ridley |
| Produced by | Dominic Anciano Ray Burdis |
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| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Edited by | Scott Thomas |
| Music by | Nick Bicât |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Virgin Vision (UK) Miramax Films (US) |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
| Countries | United Kingdom Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $17,042[3] |
The Reflecting Skin is a 1990 British-Canadian dramatic horror film written and directed by Philip Ridley and starring Jeremy Cooper, Viggo Mortensen and Lindsay Duncan. Described by its director as a "mythical interpretation" of childhood,[4] the film weaves elements of vampirism, surrealism, black comedy, symbolism, and religious zealotry throughout its narrative about the perceptions and fantasies of an impressionable young boy in 1950s America. The Reflecting Skin places the majority of its action outdoors around the dilapidated farms and in the wheat fields of Idaho shot in idyllic sunlight which belies the dark secrets of the characters and plot.
- ^ "The Reflecting Skin (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 4 April 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Class of 1990: The Reflecting Skin". Midwest Film Journal. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "The Reflecting Skin". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Clarke, Jeremy (June 1990). "Grisly Ridley". ThirdWay.