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A middle-aged drifter becomes obsessed with a fringed deerskin jacket that seems to hold mystical powers.
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Deerskin Plot Summary and Synopsis
Georges, 44, suddenly leaves his suburb to isolate himself in a mountain village. Before his arrival, he bought for more than €7,500 in cash the 100% deerskin fringe jacket of his dreams. The seller also offers him a new digital camcorder for which he has no use.
Georges takes a hotel room leaving his wedding ring as a deposit to the receptionist as he spent his cash on the jacket. He goes to a bar and meets Denise, the waitress, and a client. He boasts of his jacket and introduces himself as a filmmaker. Denise is interested because she does amateur editing.
The next day, Georges finds that he can no longer withdraw money, his account having been blocked by his estranged wife. At the same time, he develops an obsession for his deerskin jacket, giving it a voice and during his conversations, fantasizing about being the only person to own a jacket.
Georges begins to convince people to film them giving up wearing a jacket and giving him the garment, under the pretext of essays for his film. During his travels, Georges is watched by a mute boy whom he spots and hunts, throwing a stone at his face. Denise is fascinated by the images and admits she believes Georges’ project to the point of financing the film.
George’s fantasy intensifies: he completes his outfit with a deerskin hat that he finds on the corpse of the hotel receptionist after his suicide, then by shoes, while amassing the jackets that he ends up burying. One night, a passerby refuses to give him his jacket because of the cold and Georges kills him to get the jacket.
He realizes that his jacket has blood stains and that Denise will see him as a murderer, but the she believes in the final result and is enthusiastic. Georges will then find all those who didn’t give him a jacket and kill them with a ceiling fan blade that he sharpened.
Denise asks for more images and, knowing that Georges lied about the film, offers to become his producer with her father’s money. Relieved, Georges wants to mark the event by completing his outfit with a pair of deerskin gloves. Denise takes the camera and films Georges at the edge of a mountain road, and the father of the mute boy shoots him in the head.
Deerskin Ending
Denise retrieves Georges’ jacket and continues filming.
Deerskin Mid-Credits Scene
Georges films himself with his jacket as he approaches a herd of deer.
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