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The Skin I Live In

Produced in 2011

The Skin I Live In

Film Information

Festival Edition 2012 - Edition 12
Section Panorama
Director Pedro Almodóvar
Country Spain
Duration 116 min
Language Spanish
Producer Barbara Peiró, Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay Pedro Almodóvar
Cast Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández
Genre Drama

Synopsis

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, was his most faithful accomplice.

Full Description

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig...

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