Sky Arte airs 'The Man Who Sold His Skin' inspired by Wim Delvoye's tattooed artwork

Director Kaouther Ben Hania reveals that her film 'The Man Who Sold His Skin' was inspired by a 2012 visit to the Louvre in Paris, where she saw Wim Delvoye's living artwork 'Tim' (2006-08), featuring Tim Steiner's tattooed back. The film, airing on Sky Arte on Sunday, June 18, follows Sam Ali, a young Syrian who flees war to Lebanon and agrees to have his back tattooed by a controversial contemporary artist to travel to Europe and reunite with his love. The story explores how transforming his body into art may not bring the freedom he seeks.