Madagascar Skin Movie Review 1995

Harry (Hannah) is a young gay man who's disfigured by a large port-wine birthmark on one side of his face (in the shape of Madagascar). Suicidally depressed he drives to a deserted beach on the Welsh coast but before making any final decisions, he picks up an overturned bucket lying on the sand. To his shock, it's covering the head of the very much alive middle-aged Flint (Hill), who's been buried up to his neck in sand and left to drown by some fellow crooks. Flint knows of a deserted beach shack, the oddly matched duo move in, and Harry falls in love. Deliberately dreamlike in some respects, the leads provide a bittersweet, adult romance.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Gays, Great Britain, Only the Lonely

Screenplay

Chris Newby

Cast

John Hannah, Bernard Hill

Cinematography

Oliver Curtis

Director

Chris Newby

Producer

Julie Baines, Ben Gibson, British Film Institute, Dan Films