---
title: 'Mysterious Skin (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gregg Araki'
released: '2004-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mysterious-skin-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370986/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mysterious Skin (2004)

2004 · 105 min · Drama · Netherlands, United States


## Synopsis

Mysterious Skin is a 2004 coming-of-age drama film written, produced, and directed by Gregg Araki, adapted from Scott Heim's 1995 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of two pre-adolescent boys who both experienced sexual abuse, and how it affects their lives in different ways into their young adulthood. One boy becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gregg Araki](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-araki)
- **Screenplay:** [Gregg Araki](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-araki)
- **Producer:** [Gregg Araki](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-araki)
- **Editor:** [Gregg Araki](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-araki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harold Budd](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-budd), [Robin Guthrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-guthrie)
- **Director of Photography:** [Steve Gainer](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-gainer)

## Cast

- [Trieste Kelly Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/trieste-kelly-dunn)
- [Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-gordon-levitt)
- [Mary Lynn Rajskub](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-lynn-rajskub)
- [Bill Sage](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-sage)
- [Kelly Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-kruger)
- [Chris Mulkey](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-mulkey)
- [Chase Ellison](https://cinepixo.com/people/chase-ellison)
- [Brady Corbet](https://cinepixo.com/people/brady-corbet)
- [Elisabeth Shue](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-shue)
- [Richard Riehle](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-riehle)
- [Billy Drago](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-drago)
- [Michelle Trachtenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-trachtenberg)
- [Jeffrey Licon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-licon)
- [David Lee Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lee-smith)

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Official site: http://www.antidotefilms.com/films/mysterious-skin/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mysterious-skin-2004
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