Revisiting a Faustian pact By Margaux Farran - Apr 24,2021 - Last updated at Apr 24,2021 Monica Bellucci and Yahya Mahayni (right) in ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ (Photo courtesy of imdb.com) The Devil, the gentleman in search of his lost princess, dark humour and a transcendent moral at the end are all found in “The Man Who Sold His Skin” that gathers all the necessary ingredients for a fantastic modern fable, that aims to denounce the commodification of human beings and the hypocrisy of the art world. And this recipe seems to be working; the movie is the first Tunisian production to be nominated at the 2021 Academy Awards, in the Best International Feature Film.