A Skin So Soft

Name: A Skin So Soft
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: June 15, 2018
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Alexis Légaré, Benoit Lapierre, Cédric Doyon, Jean-François Bouchard, Maxim Lemire

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Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: June 15, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexis Légaré, Benoit Lapierre, Cédric Doyon, Jean-François Bouchard, Maxim Lemire, Ronald Yang

Summary: Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and followingJean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and following extreme diets.… Expand

Director: Denis Côté

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Clayton Dillard

Jul 6, 2018

The pleasure of Denis Côté's film radiates not so much from its storytelling as it does from the meditative force of its formal construction. Read our review. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jun 16, 2018

Côté’s film patiently paints a picture of men who are more than their bodies, revealing the emotions beneath the skin and muscles and challenging perceptions about them. Read full review

The Film Stage Rory O'Connor

Côté’s film does work very well for the most part as a somewhat cold, ornamental study of what our epidermal tissue looks like at terminal mass. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Côté assures them a humanity as well, without trying to analyze their obsession with this extravagant concept of masculinity, nor the need for self-display. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 16, 2018

This doc seeks the vulnerability in subjects who live in pursuit of iron-man ideals many of us find ridiculous. Read full review

John Bleasdale

Côté employs a methodical reticence that often leaves the viewer guessing as to the significance of the images we are seeing. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Jul 5, 2018

Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté holds up a shallow mirror to the world of bodybuilding in the underwhelming experimental documentary A Skin So Soft. Read full review

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