Nominations:
Antxon Gomez for European Production Designer
Alberto Iglesias for European Composer
Antxon Gomez for European Production Designer
Alberto Iglesias for European Composer
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The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito Spain (118 min.)
Synopsis
Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig…
Synopsis
Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig…
Director's Statement
There are irreversible processes, roads of no return, one way journeys. "The Skin I Live In" tells the story of one of those processes. The protagonist travels one of those roads against her will, she is violently forced to set out on a journey from which she cannot return. Her Kafkaesque story is the result of a sentence handed out by a jury of just one person, her worst enemy. The verdict, therefore, is a form of extreme revenge. "The Skin I Inhabit" tells the story of that revenge.
There are irreversible processes, roads of no return, one way journeys. "The Skin I Live In" tells the story of one of those processes. The protagonist travels one of those roads against her will, she is violently forced to set out on a journey from which she cannot return. Her Kafkaesque story is the result of a sentence handed out by a jury of just one person, her worst enemy. The verdict, therefore, is a form of extreme revenge. "The Skin I Inhabit" tells the story of that revenge.
Film Details
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Director of Photography: José Luis Alcaine
Main Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo
Editor: José Salcedo
Production Design: Antxon Gomez
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Director of Photography: José Luis Alcaine
Main Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo
Editor: José Salcedo
Production Design: Antxon Gomez
