Laing's life, despite its inherent melodrama, does not automatically lend itself to the screen. And without the aid of a smart script or a prevailing sense of delicacy, a movie about her or apartheid risks being a blunt instrument.
Overview
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Director and cast
- Anthony Fabian Director
- Sophie Okonedo as Sandra Laing
- Sam Neill as Abraham Laing
- Alice Krige as Sannie Lang
- Tony Kgoroge as Petrus Zwane
- Ella Ramangwane as Young Sandra
- Morné Visser as Doctor Sparks
- Faniswa Yisa as Nora Molefe
- Tongayi Chirisa as Township Priest
- Danny Keogh as Van Tonder
- Jeremy Crutchley as TV Reporter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Provocative.
Potent, still relevant and inspiring while maddening, Skin shows some of our best and much of our worst.
Every emotion is underscored with sugary music, every narrative plot progression telegraphed with the mechanical structural stiffness of a made-for-TV movie.
It feels hurried, looks cheap, and works overtime to simplify a complex, flawed character into a noble, tragic heroine. The film speaks fluent cliche.
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