Kristabelle, still living with her Mother cuts herself to feel alive. Her Mother, addicted to plastic surgery also cuts herself trying to maintain her youth. Through the help of a pot smoking young lover, a newly sober British stand up comic and Chinese medicine they all find that love can be more than skin deep.
Acting
Christina Beck directs AND devastates as Kristabelle.
Writing
Balances grotesque body horror with genuine tenderness.
Director
Christina Beck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christina Beck wrote the script after working with self-harm survivors and wanted to avoid 'after school special' tropes. She cast Jeff Kober (Harry) specifically because of his real-life sobriety journey.
The film was largely ignored by mainstream critics but developed a cult following in harm-reduction communities who praised its refusal to moralize self-injury.
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