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Name: The Skin I Live In
Released: 2011-5-31
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo

The Skin I Live In

R
2h 0m
2011

81%

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Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) is a driven plastic surgeon haunted by personal tragedies. After many years of trial and error, he finally perfects a new skin – a shield which could have prevented the death of his wife in an accident years earlier. His latest “guinea pig” is a mysterious captive whose true identity masks a shocking mystery. THE SKIN I LIVE IN is a masterful tale of secrets, obsession and revenge from Academy Award® winning writer/director Pedro Almodovar.

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Producer:

Esther Garcia

Cast:

Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

81%

Critics Consensus: The Skin I Live In lacks Almodovar's famously charged romance, replaced with a wonderfully bizarre and unpredictable detour into arthouse ick.

Reviews

Horror Queers Podcast

Trace Thurman

The closest Almodóvar has come to making a horror film, The Skin I Live In is a deeply uncomfortable yet fascinating puzzle box of a film.

Almodóvar has treated each of the elements of the film with surgical devotion. [Full review in Spanish]

An essay on bioethics with elements of science fiction and black humor. [Full review in Spanish]

There's never been another Almodovar film quite like The Skin I Live In, a complex thriller that, much like the filmmakers career, transitions from one kind of movie to another, shifting the audience's sympathies in unexpected and challenging ways.

Banderas settles into the dark character of Dr. Ledgard with a stillness and apparent ease that gave me the chills I left the movie theater wondering if it worth it.

June 11, 2021

FULL REVIEW