Movie: The Great Ephemeral Skin

Top 4 Billed Cast

Oskar Klinkhammer
Oskar Klinkhammer

Julia Laube
Julia Laube

Bastian Zimmermann
Bastian Zimmermann

Benjamin Van Bebber
Benjamin Van Bebber

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    Inside the claustrophobic scenery of a fancy apartment in the city of Frankfurt three men and a woman lock themselves in for ten days. Oskar and Julia are a couple. They have sex and let themselves be filmed. Benjamin and Bastian are behind the camera, trying to get pictures of absolute intimacy. Closeness as it can only be found among lovers.

  • Release Date

    2012-10-28

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    Deutsch
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