Comforting Skin (2011)

Comforting Skin: Directed by Derek Franson. With Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan, Jane Sowerby, Philip Granger. A lonely young woman’s desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin.

“I really like this film and Iu0026#39;ll tell you why. When seeing Canadian films we tend to see the dark and quiet and its almost like a European film but you canu0026#39;t quite put your finger on it. Oh yes, its Canadian. But Comforting Skin is different in a way that we havenu0026#39;t seen a film like this in a while. It is a strange yet familiar coming of age film, meaning out of young middle 20u0026#39;s. You know, the time of moving away from the chaos of poor judgement and freedom and into adulthood. The point where you are suddenly awake. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIts not your typical Canadian film or film at all and that is why its so refreshing. The acting is great. Tygh Runyan and Jane Sowerby do a good job at carrying the story and you never know whose perspective the story its being told from. However, Victoria Bidwell gives an exceptional and under-rated performance as Koffie, the distraught young lady who becomes obsessed with her imaginary or non-imaginary friend that is a the weaving tattoo that has come to life on her body. Franson writes and directs in such a way that youu0026#39;ll root for Koffie and youu0026#39;ll hate her and them and then there are redeeming traits from them that will bring you back to really empathizing for all of them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film will keep you guessing and will linger in your mind for days after. Those ones are the best.”