The Skin I Live In
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by |
Agustín Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar |
| Screenplay by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Based on |
Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet |
| Starring |
Antonio Banderas Elena Anaya Marisa Paredes |
| Music by | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
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| Distributed by | Warners España |
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120 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | $13.5 million |
| Box office | $30.8 million |
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, , and Roberto Álamo. The Skin I Live In is based on Thierry Jonquet's 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 May 2011 in competition at the 64th 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.
Plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard was successful in cultivating an artificial skin resistant to burns and insect bites, which he calls "GAL", that he says he has been testing on athymic mice. He presents his results in a medical symposium but when he privately discloses he has also conducted illegal transgenic experiments on humans, he is forbidden to continue with his research.
On his secluded estate, Ledgard is keeping a young woman named Vera captive, with the help of one of his servants, Marilia. Due to the suspension of his official experiments, Robert asks Marilia to dismiss the other servants.
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