On My Skin

10/15/2026

Stefano Cucchi (Alessandro Borghi) is sitting in his car having a smoke with his friend when they are approached by some late night beat cops. They find some cocaine hidden in his sock so take him to the station where he is promptly "interrogated" before being sent to jail by a somewhat uncurious magistrate. Once incarcerated, though, it becomes clear that he is now not a well man and that despite the best efforts of his family outside to see him and of himself to contact his lawyers, things start to take a distinctly fatalistic turn. The fact that we start where we finish removes the jeopardy from this reenactment of true events, but that doesn't matter so much as we watch Borghi turn in quite an impressive performance. Politically, it's a powerful critique of the indifference of the Stat