Salt on Our Skin

Overview

A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and they continue their separate lives but also continue their affair through the years, loving each other despite their differences.

Directed by Andrew Birkin

Top cast

Greta Scacchi

George

Vincent D'Onofrio

Gavin

Anaïs Jeanneret

Frédérique

Hanns Zischler

Sidney

B

Barbara Jones

Ellen

R

Rolf Illig

George's Father

Petra Berndt

Jodie

László I. Kish

Angus

Shirley Henderson

Mary

Sandra Voe

Gavin's Mother

Claudine Auger

George's Mother

Charles Berling

Roger

Philip Pretten

Al

G

Gene D'Onofrio

Gavin's Father

Robert Higden

Souvenir Salesman

Richard Jutras

Hairdresser

Details