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- 117 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Language Spanish with English subtitles
- Country Spain
- Rated: R
- Format: 1.85:1
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- Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- Written by Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar, Thierry Jonquet
- Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Roberto Alamo
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Synopsis:
A plastic surgeon takes revenge on his daughter's rapist by giving him a forced homemade sex change operation. The surgeon then falls in love with the "new woman."
Won: Best Film Not in the English Language, 2012 BAFTA Awards
Nominated: Palme d'Or, 2011 Cannes Film Festival; Best Foreign Language Film, 2012 Golden Globes
Review: "This is clearly not Mr. Almodóvar in his exuberant-entertainer mode; the tale he tells is complex, austere, darkly witty and tinged with horror." -- Joe Morgenstern, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (Read more)
- More on The Skin I Live In:
- Official film Web site
- Official Facebook page
- Profile of director Pedro Almodavar
