THE SKIN I LIVE IN
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. 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...
international title: | The Skin I Live In |
original title: | La piel que habito |
country: | Spain |
sales agent: | Filmnation Entertainment |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Pedro Almodóvar |
film run: | 117' |
release date: | BE 17/08/2011, FR 17/08/2011, IE 26/08/2011, UK 26/08/2011, ES 02/09/2011, FI 14/10/2011, DE 20/10/2011, IT 23/09/2011, NL 17/11/2011, PT 17/11/2011 |
screenplay: | Pedro Almodóvar |
cast: | Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo |
cinematography by: | José Luis Alcaine |
film editing: | José Salcedo |
art director: | Antxón Gómez |
costumes designer: | Paco Delgado, Jean-Paul Gaultier |
music: | Alberto Iglesias |
producer: | Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar |
production: | El Deseo |
backing: | MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | Alternative Films, Pathé Distribution, Pathé Distribution, Medusa Film, A-Film Distribution, PRIS Audiovisuais, Future Film Oy Ab, Independenta Film |