Skin of Youth

2025

Drama

122 mins

R-16

Skin of Youth

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Director: Ash Mayfair

Country of Production: Vietnam, Singapore, USA, Japan

Festival Note

Transgender woman San (Tran Quan) and her cage fighter partner Nam (Võ Điền Gia Huy) delve into the criminal underworld of 90s Saigon in order to make enough money to pay for gender-affirming surgery. San courts the attention of a powerful oligarch that’s become fascinated by her, while Nam grapples with what their relationship becomes as they pursue more money.

Producer: Fran Borgia, Trần Thị Bích, Ngọc, Kayo Yoshida, Ash Mayfair

Screenwriter: Ash Mayfair

Editor: Julie Béziau

Director of Photography: Chananun Chotrungroj

Cast: Tran Quan, Võ Điền Gia Huy, Hajime Inoue, Phan Thi Kim Ngân