Quartile rating: 5/10 · 1 rating
Real-life young couple Wim and Floor spend an afternoon in the sunwashed rooms of a crumbling home in Belgium. In a unique twist, this artistic erotic documentary is edited in nearly real-time. In the slowness, we get the build, the sweetness, and the sexiness. Forget about fingersnapping fast editing. Slow is where it’s at.
Skin. Like. Sun. is a minimalist Belgian erotic documentary following a real couple through an intimate afternoon, distinguished almost entirely by its cinematographic approach. The sunwashed, naturalistic imagery of decaying interiors and human skin is genuinely beautiful and carefully composed, earning high marks for visual craft. The near-real-time editing concept is an interesting structural choice that lends the film a rare patience and sensory immediacy. However, the 'plot' is essentially nonexistent beyond its premise, and the performances, while authentic, lack the kind of presence that elevates documentary subjects to memorable screen figures. The ending, like much of the film, simply dissipates rather than arriving anywhere — a natural consequence of the real-time conceit but narratively unsatisfying. Novelty is moderate: the approach is distinctive within its niche but the softcore erotic documentary form itself is well-trodden.