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 courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival]
2011 was undoubtedly the year of Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life." It just wasn't for me. After winning the Palme d'Or on the same day that I saw the movie, I was left feeling baffled. Like I had missed something.
Read More »Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In" debuted to exceptionally strong numbers this weekend, according to estimates. On 6 screens, the Sony Pictures Classics release managed a $230,979 gross and a $38,497 average. That gave it the best per-theater-average since May's "The Tree of Life," and the fo...
Read More »When Pedro Almodóvar unveiled "The Skin I Live In" at the Cannes Film Festival, the buzz was it lived up to its creepy title as the auteur's most twisted work to date.
Read More »Each day at the Cannes Film Festival (May 11 - 22), indieWIRE is publishing an updated compilation of articles from indieWIRE, our blog network and other outlets.
Read More »Today on indieWIRE our annual Cannes Guide went live, we made our picks for what to catch at home and much more.
Read More »In an age when being first threatens to preclude being best, film criticism struggles like everything else to serve a purpose without pandering to the need to grab eyeballs. The heap of reviews I've written over the last 12 months, often under the extreme deadline pressures of film festivals, aren't...
Read More »EDITOR'S NOTE: This review was originally published during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. "The Skin I Live In" opens in limited release this weekend.
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