The Skin I Live In lacks Almodovar's famously charged romance, replaced with a wonderfully bizarre and unpredictable detour into arthouse ick. - Rotten Tomatoes
PLOT: 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. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. 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...-- (C) Sony
R, 1 hr. 57 min.
Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar
Written By: Pedro Almodóvar, Thierry Jonquet
In Theaters: Oct 14, 2011 Limited
On DVD: Mar 6, 2012
US Box Office:$3.2M
Sony Pictures Classics
ACTORS/ACTRESSES: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya
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