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Skin

Skin

20096.41h 47m

Overview

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Directed by Anthony Fabian
Written by Helen Crawley, Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel
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Top Cast

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Sandra Laing

Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Sannie Lang

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Abraham Laing

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Terri Ann Eckstein

Elsie Laing (aged 19)

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Bongani Masondo

Henry Laing (aged 20)

Dan Robbertse

Dan Robbertse

Factory Foreman

Jeremy Crutchley

Jeremy Crutchley

TV Reporter

Tony Kgoroge

Tony Kgoroge

Petrus Zwane

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Ella Ramangwane

Young Sandra

About Skin

Skin is a drama film released in 2009. Directed by Anthony Fabian, it stars Sophie Okonedo, Alice Krige, Sam Neill. 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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