In Her Skin

Based on a true story, In Her Skin chronicles the 1999 case of 15 year old Australian teenager Rachel Barber.When Rachel doesn't turn up at the local train station of her Melbourne suburb at the end of the day as customary, it becomes quickly evident that something is wrong. Her disappearance triggers an electric reaction from her parents and her boyfriend. Despite police indifference, they mount a very public campaign to find her. Consumed with self-loathing, nineteen-year-old Caroline covets, stalks, abducts then murders fifteen-year-old Rachel Barber whom she considers "perfect"; everything she is not: beautiful, self-assured, happy.Helmed by an all-star cast including Guy Pearce (The King Speech; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings), and Sam Neill (The Piano, A Cry in the Dark) In Her Skin is an emotional, psychological thriller that delves into the grief and desperation of parents whose child has disappeared and into the complicated mind of a fractured young woman who tears their world apart.