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Thin Skinned Animal

Synopsis

A government agent is betrayed by his superiors while on assignment, landing him in a nightmarish gulag. After years of imprisonment, he escapes and returns home to Berlin, where he is determined to settle accounts and pick up the pieces of his destroyed life.
A story about love, friendship, espionage and government amorality. Argentine director Pablo Trapero's first English language film, loosely based on Patrick Alexander’s book 'Death of A Thin Skinned Animal'.

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Director: Pablo Trapero
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tom Jacobson
Screenwriter: John Brownlow (script), Patrick Alexander (novel)

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

StudioCanal

4 Pancras Square
London
N1C 4AG

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Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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