Cold Skin

"We are never too far from those we hate"

2017 1h 46m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 758

HorrorFantasyDrama

Synopsis

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A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.

“We are never too far from those we hate”

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Cast

David Oakes
Friend
Ray Stevenson
Gruner
Aura Garrido
Aneris
Winslow Iwaki
Senegalese
John Benfield
Captain Axel
Ben Temple
Naval Officer
Iván González
New Weather Official
Alejandro Rod
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Xavier Gens
Writers: Jesús Olmo, Eron Sheean, Kris Matt
Languages: English
Countries: France, Spain

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MONEY

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Earned back only 8% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, Spain.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Xavier Gens, shot by Daniel Aranyó. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Guillermo de la Cal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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David Oakes and Ray Stevenson and Aura Garrido carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "We are never too far from those we hate".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1034385 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Xavier Gens directs. Daniel Aranyó behind the camera. Guillermo de la Cal cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France, Spain. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 8% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 9 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: France, Spain.
4Directed by Xavier Gens, shot by Daniel Aranyó. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Guillermo de la Cal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6David Oakes and Ray Stevenson and Aura Garrido carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "We are never too far from those we hate".
8IMDB entry: tt1034385 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "island", "based on novel or book", "world war i", "lighthouse".

The technical file

Cinematography: Daniel Aranyó
Editing: Guillermo de la Cal
Production design: Gil Parrondo
Costume design: Tatiana Hernández
Makeup / hair: Victor Alcalá
VFX supervisor: Laura Pedro
Sound: Oscar Victoria
Stunt coordinator: Cuco Usín
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,831,962
Box office: $737,478
Return: 8% of budget
Original language: EN
IMDB: Cold Skin (2017)

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CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 7/10
David Oakes is one of those actors regularly seen in lengthy historical television adaptations, but rarely making any decent appearances on the bg screen. In this clever and stylish adaptation of Piñol's novel, he plays a young man (with no name, known only as "Friend") deposited on a remote island as a weather monitor. He is teamed up with the rather eccentric "Gruner" (Ray Stevenson) and soon their rather testy relationship is being regularly challenged by their need to defend their lighthouse home each night from an army of curiously aggressive marine mammals. The mystery deepens when we discover that "Gruner" has one of them as a part time lover that he treats pretty appallingly. As the daily carnage continues unabated, "Friend" tries to find out why these attacks happen and to try and find some sort of solution. It's quite an odd concept; the story lacks structure in any conventional sense. It isn't just that they don't know why the creatures are attacking, we don't either. Their bewilderment is our's too; and coupled with the remoteness and starkness of the surroundings it actually all builds eerily and quite compellingly to a rather decent conclusion. Jesús Olmo has adapted the novel sparingly and Xavier Gens allows much of the, at times brutal and violent, imagery do the work. Certainly worth watching.

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