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6,231 Ratings

The Skin I Live In

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Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Spain, 2011
Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

Synopsis

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Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

2011 | 2 wins including: Award of the Youth

Toronto International Film Festival

2011

BAFTA Awards

2012 | Winner: Best Film Not in the English Language

The New York Film Festival

2011

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

Everything Old Is New Again: Antonio Banderas and the Latin Lover

Starting with his bold collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar, the career of Antonio Banderas has slyly played with the Hollywood archetype.
Christina Newland
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NYFF 2011. Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Skin I Live In”

“Almodóvar’s most formally complex, bravura film since All About My Mother (1999).”
David Hudson

Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 49th New York Film Festival

A look at the posters for the films in the main slate of this year’s New York Film Festival.
Adrian Curry
4

Movie Poster of the Week: The posters of the 2011 Cannes Competition

The end of the world will be beautiful, or so says the Polish poster for Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, quite fittingly on the eve of the…
Adrian Curry
5

Critics reviews

Rape (three, actually), bondage, fratricide, extreme fetish, incest, voyeurism, forced sexual reassignment, plastic surgery: only Almodovar could make it all seem so sexy, and make us totally emotionally invested in the characters to boot.
May 24, 2018
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The key themes and organizing principles of Pedro Almodóvar’s career get their clearest expression in this superbly-crafted and somewhat crazy sci-fi revenge thriller about a plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas, in what just might be his finest performance) who keeps a patient (Elena Anaya) prisoner in his mansion.
November 18, 2016
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