The Skin I Live In Review
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) Directed by: Pedro Almodovar Written by: Pedro Almodovar (screenplay), Thierry Jonquet (book) Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suarez, Jan Cornet I’m unabashedly honest about my shortcomings, and I’ll freely admit I’ve never been a huge fan of Pedro Almodóvar’s films. Go ahead and slap my wrist, I deserve it. I haven’t tried that many, but I have never been able to get fully immersed in one of his films, until now. Almodóvar slithers into a dreamy tale of horror, revenge, obsession and betrayal with the superb The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito). It’s exquisitely depraved. Antonio Banderas plays Robert, a wealthy surgeon who lives on a sprawling estate equipped with its own surgical treatment room. There’s also an observation room that houses a mysterious woman (Vera, played by...
- 11/18/2011
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
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