The Skin I Live In
La piel que habito
“ The things the love of a madman can do... ”
CINEMA2011-08-17
RegionES
Runtime120 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Pedro Almodóvar crafts an immaculate, perverse tale of forced gender transformation, synthetic skin, and surgical obsession.”
“Pedro Almodóvar crafts an immaculate, perverse tale of forced gender transformation, synthetic skin, and surgical obsession.”
Storyline
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
DIRECTOR / Director
Pedro Almodóvar
KEYWORDS
maskbased on novel or bookmadridspainisolationobsessionface transplantplastic surgeryhalf-brothersex changerevengedressplastic surgeonskinnonlinear timelinelocked upcaptivity
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