The Skin I Live In
The Skin I Live In (2011)

The Skin I Live In

2/5
(13 votes)
7.6IMDb70Metascore

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Cast

Awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2012


EDA Award
Best Non-English Language Film

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2012


AFCA Award
Best International Film (Foreign Language)

Awards Circuit Community Awards 2011


ACCA
Best Foreign Language Film

BAFTA Awards 2012


BAFTA Film Award
Best Film Not in the English Language

British Independent Film Awards 2011


British Independent Film Award
Best Foreign Independent Film

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012


Critics Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Cannes Film Festival 2011


Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2012


COFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2011


CFCA Award
Best Foreign Film

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2012


Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2011


DFWFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Denver Film Critics Society 2012


DFCS Award
Best Foreign Language Film

European Film Awards 2011


European Film Award
European Composer
European Production Designer

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2012


Chainsaw Award
Best Actor
Best Foreign-Language Film
Best Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress

Film by the Sea International Film Festival 2011


Film and Literature Award

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2011


FFCC Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Fotogramas de Plata 2012


Fotogramas de Plata
Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine)
Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine)

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 2012


Dorian Award
Film of the Year

Gold Derby Awards 2012


Gold Derby Award
Foreign Language Film

Goya Awards 2012


Goya
Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía)
Best Costume Design (Mejor Diseño de Vestuario)
Best Director (Mejor Director)
Best Editing (Mejor Montaje)
Best Film (Mejor Película)
Best Lead Actor (Mejor Actor Principal)
Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal)
Best Make-Up and Hairstyles (Mejor Maquillaje y/o Peluquería)
Best New Actor (Mejor Actor Revelación)
Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación)
Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original)
Best Production Design (Mejor Dirección Artística)
Best Production Manager (Mejor Dirección de Producción)
Best Sound (Mejor Sonido)
Best Special Effects (Mejores Efectos Especiales)

Hollywood Film Awards 2011


Hollywood Film Award
Composer of the Year

Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2011


HFCS Award
Best Foreign Language Film

International Cinephile Society Awards 2012


ICS Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Not in the English Language
Best Original Score

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2012


INOCA
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Non-English Language Film
Best Original Score

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2012


IOMA
Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo)

José María Forqué Awards 2012


José María Forqué Award
Best Actress
Best Picture

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2012


ALFS Award
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Technical Achievement of the Year

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2011


NYFCC Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2011


OFCC Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Online Film & Television Association 2012


OFTA Film Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards 2012


OFCS Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2011


PFCS Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Prêmio Guarani 2012


Premio Guarani
Best Foreign Film

Prisma AEC 2012


Prisma AEC Award
Best Cinematography in feature films

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards 2011


Rondo Statuette
Best Film

Sant Jordi Awards 2012


Sant Jordi
Best Spanish Actress (Mejor Actriz Española)
Best Spanish Film (Mejor Película Española)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2011


SEFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Spanish Actors Union 2012


Newcomer Award
Male (Categoría Masculina)

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011


WAFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film

Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2011


WFCC Award
Worst Male Images in a Movie

World Soundtrack Awards 2012


World Soundtrack Award
Soundtrack Composer of the Year

Yoga Awards 2012


Yoga Award
Worst Spanish Actor
Worst Spanish Actress

Reviews

Even a long-standing passion for Almodovar like my wife's and mine could not save this from being his his worst film we have seen, ever (I hope we should not say "to date"). Starting from a superficial, almost childish depiction of the deviant surgeon's research this movie does little else than indulging in clichés.

The most interesting thing about Almodóvar's new film is how polarizing the reviews I read on IMDb are. It's his best film.

A film directed by Pedro Almodovar is always going to be weird, but this one is off the scale. A brilliant plastic surgeon Antonio Banderas) kidnaps the handsome young junkie who raped his daughter and exacts a ghastly revenge.

Almodovar, for me, is a talented director who makes hits and misses. 'Talk to Her', I believe, is his best film to date there are a couple of contenders for his worst.

A brilliant plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas), haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands all kinds of damage. His experimental patient is a mysterious and volatile woman (Elena Anaya) who holds the key to his obsession.

Only the fact that this is a trendy foreign language film can have saved this film from the universal panning it so richly deserves. Weak attempts at humor created nervous titters in an audience who came believing they were to see an intelligent artistic piece and instead were subjected to poor special effects, science fiction with no science and characters whose actions were bewildering and obscene at the same time.

Love movies with a twist! it keeps you captivated and asking yourself whst happens next!

Definir esta película sin haber visto otras de Almodóvar me parece realmente complicado y mucho más sin desvelar nada de la trama. Almodóvar es capaz de crear un guión a partir de las más 'absurdas' ocurrencias y en vez de crear una comedia crea una compleja trama rebuscando en las entrañas de sus personajes.

There are two dream sequences in this film attributed to two of the main characters. The biggest dream however is the one you went to watch.

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