Mysterious Skin(2005)
Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Movie: Mysterious Skin
Top 10 Billed Cast
Neil McCormick
Brian Lackey
Wendy Peterson
Eric Preston
Avalyn Friesen
Mrs. McCormick
Mrs. Lackey
Coach
Neil (Age 8)
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