The Skin of Sorrow(2010)

movie - first aired/released 2010-09-22 - 97 min - audience 6.1

Drama, TV Movie

Directed by Alain Berliner

It's 1832, 22-year-old Raphaël's gambling has driven him to the brink of suicide. As he is about to throw himself in the Seine, a shopkeeper offers him something: a mysterious "skin of sorrow", which will grant all his wishes, but in doing so will shrink his remaining time on earth.