Mysterious Skin
In the early 1990s, Gregg Araki was the bold leader of New Queer Cinema with films like Totally F***ed Up. Now he brings us the brilliant Mysterious Skin (based on the widely praised book by Scott Heim). Araki approached the subject - child abuse - the way it should be done: with bravura and without seeking easy answers.
Set in Huntington, Kansas, the film follows two kids. Shy Brady, who is convinced that his five-hour memory loss after a baseball game was caused by being abducted by aliens from outer space. The other is Neil, a handsome and promiscuous kid with a screw-you attitude who was on the same baseball team, but who hasn't seen Brady since. The obsessed Brady makes contact with Avalyn who encourages him to look in his dreams for the missing pieces of the puzzle. That leads Brady to Neil and when both kids meet the film approaches its inescapable climax.
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8:30 PM , Friday 15th April
QFT
Adult £5.00, Concession £4.00
Director: Gregg Araki
2004 USA 99 mins