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The Skin I Live In

The things the love of a madman can do...

7.5(4,785)20112h 0m9

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

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Status
Released
Budget
$13M
Box office
$33.8M
Language
Portuguese
  • mask
  • based on novel or book
  • madrid, spain
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • face transplant
  • plastic surgery
  • half-brother
  • sex change
  • revenge
  • dress
  • plastic surgeon

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Spain

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival12 Oct 2011
    • Theatrical (limited)R14 Oct 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereFilm4 Summer Screen at Somerset House27 Jul 2011
    • Theatrical1526 Aug 2011
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+26 Dec 2011
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2011
    • PremiereEdmonton International Film Festival29 Sept 2011
    • Theatrical18AToronto28 Oct 2011
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PremiereBuenos Aires premiere31 Oct 2011
    • Theatrical+163 Nov 2011
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical14 Oct 2011
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1617 Aug 2011
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival6 Oct 2011
    • Theatrical164 Nov 2011
  • BulgariaBG

    • Theatrical25 Nov 2011
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical2 Feb 2012
  • Costa RicaCR

    • Theatrical11 Nov 2011
  • CroatiaHR

    • Theatrical17 Nov 2011

Frequently asked questions

The Skin I Live In was released on 17 August 2011.

Audience reviews

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  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    5/27/2023

    6/10

    **The film is good: it's tense, it's intense, it's shocking, it's dramatic, it's engaging... but it's also brutal and quite illogical if we think about the details.** As far as I remember, this was the first Pedro Almodóvar film I saw, and it was up to my expectations. I heard that he was a very visual director, that he wasn't afraid to show ugly things as they are, with realism and authenticity, and that he somet…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/30/2024

    8/10

    After losing his wife in a fire, accomplished surgeon "Ledgard" (Antonio Banderas) has been working for many years on a type of skin that can resists burns! After about a dozen of them, he might be on the cusp of a breakthrough - but just how has he managed to develop this groundbreaking fabric? We, watching, are not the only people suspicious and as his fellow scientists become more openly sceptical, we begin to dis…

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