# Mysterious Skin (2005)

> Two Kansas teenagers follow radically different memories of the same childhood trauma toward an uneasy, deeply compassionate reckoning.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6190

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Gregg Araki
- Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Long, Bill Sage
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370986/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: harrowing, dreamy, melancholic, serious movie night, independent cinema night

## Synopsis

Two teens from a small town confront their haunting pasts in a gripping tale of survival and truth.

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