Original Skin

Anything for Art? Robbire is a drug dealer who imagines himself superior to the addicts he supplies. He regards himself as an artist, a painter. But he needs heroin to maintain that illusion. The truth is he's caught in a...
New Zealand Production
Short 1996 Drama 15.00 minutes
Original Skin web
A dark story with a strong ironic edge about the compulsion to make art, and the emotional cost of doing it well.
1996 Wellington Film Festival
Auckland Film Festival

Directors

Costa Botes

Producers

Larry Parr

Screenplay Writers

Costa Botes

Cast

Nick Ward
Metz
Dra McKay
Phee
Colin Hodson
Robbie

Crew

Sean O'Donnell | DOP
Mike Horton | Editor

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