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The Skin I Live In

film by Almodóvar [2011]
Also known as: “La piel que habito”

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discussed in biography

  • Pedro Almodóvar
    In Pedro Almodóvar

    …La piel que habito (2011; The Skin I Live In), a psychological thriller about a plastic surgeon who performs experiments on a woman he holds captive. The campy, socially pointed comedy Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!), set aboard an airplane preparing for an emergency landing, followed in 2013. Three…

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history of film

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
    In history of film: European cinema

    …La piel que habito (2011; The Skin I Live In), Julieta (2016), and Dolor y gloria (2019; Pain and Glory). Other Spanish filmmakers included Fernando León de Aranoa, director of Los lunes al sol (2002; Mondays in the Sun) and A Perfect Day (2015).

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role of Banderas

  • Antonio Banderas
    In Antonio Banderas

    …La piel que habito (2011; The Skin I Live In), in which he starred as an obsessive plastic surgeon who experiments on a woman he holds captive.

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