Director Kenneth Dagatan brings his nightmare-fueled fairytale to Sundance. This is how he did it alongside actress Jasmine Curtis-Smith.
I have a deep fondness for fairytales. These stories are often dark and crafted to scare you into submission. We learn valuable lessons from the stories we are told about the forest just on the horizon, the beast who roams just outside our windows, and the creatures who bring you nothing but hurt and pain.
Filipino director Kenneth Dagatan understands this better than anyone. His film, In My Mother’s Skin, blends the stories Dagatan grew up with to create his own fairytale.
The film follows an affluent family living in their country mansion in the Philippines near the end of World War II. Tormented by the occupying Japanese soldiers, the father, Aldo, leaves his family to seek help from the Americans. Struggling to survive, Tala (Felicity Kyle Napuli) mistakenly places her trust in a flesh-eating fairy (Jasmine Curtis-Smith), whose desires become more apparent as the family falls apart from the inside.
Author: Alyssa Miller
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