The Skin I Live In (2011)
- Original title
- La piel que habito
- Directed by
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4,660 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A plastic surgeon keeps a woman captive in his home as part of a twisted experiment. The film explores identity and revenge through a series of shocking revelations.
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What happens
The Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Álamo. It is based on Thierry Jonquet's 1984 novel Mygale, first published in French and then in English under the title Tarantula. Almodóvar has described the film as "a horror story without screams or frights". The film was the first collaboration in 21 years between Almodóvar and Banderas since Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990). It premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and won Best Film Not in the English Language at the 65th BAFTA Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and 16 Goya Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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