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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)

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

StudioCanal

4 Pancras Square
London
N1C 4AG

Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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