The Skin I Live In

Pedro Almodóvar's psychological thriller follows Dr. Robert Ledgard, a gifted plastic surgeon who has developed a revolutionary synthetic skin, while secretly holding a captive woman named Vera in his fortified mansion. The film unravels in non-linear flashbacks, slowly revealing a shocking connection between the surgeon and his prisoner rooted in trauma, revenge, and identity. A deeply disturbing and visually stunning exploration of obsession, transformation, and the ethics of playing God.

• Based on Thierry Jonquet's novel 'Mygale' published in 1984.
• Antonio Banderas reunited with Almodóvar after 21 years.
• Elena Anaya wore a full-body flesh-colored suit for filming.
• The film was booed and applauded at Cannes 2011.
• Almodóvar called it his first horror film ever made.

• I've created the perfect skin, one that can resist any damage.
• You can imprison a body, but never a soul.
• I don't want to be a woman. I want to be myself.
• She's not the same person she was before. No one is.
• Everything I've done, I've done out of love. Twisted love, but love.