Skin (2006)

9.0/10 • 100 min • Drama

Overview

Pele is a film about a young mulatto woman that in spite of being rich, beautiful and intelligent, feels discriminated because of the colour of her skin. The entire plot is in the early 70's, when Portugal had a dictatorial government, ultramarine territories and lots of racism in its society… Issues like racism, female condition and the spoilt lives of the high-society are the main themes of this movie

Cast

Francisco Nascimento

Manuel Wiborg

Fernanda Lapa

Núria Madruga

Carla Bolito

António Pedro Cerdeira

Maria Emília Correia

Teresa Madruga

Ana Lopes

Paulo Filipe

Filipe Ferrer

Inês Vaz

Tobias Monteiro

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