The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
- IMDb link: 0466710
- IMDb rating: 8.7 (443 votes)
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: Patrick Collerton
- Cast: Edna Kennedy, Jonny Kennedy, Nell McAndrew, 12 user and others
- Release year: 2004
- Runtime: 50 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
Plot:
A year ago, 36-year-old Jonny Kennedy died. He had a terrible genetic condition called Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - which meant that his skin literally fell off at the slightest touch, leaving his body covered in agonizing sores and leading to a final fight against skin cancer. In his last months Jonny decided to work with filmmaker Patrick Collerton to document his life and death, and the result was a film, first broadcast in March, that was an uplifting, confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man. Not shying away from the grim reality of EB, the film was also a celebration of a life lived to the full.