The Skin I Live In (2011)

Movie Details

Original Title La piel que habito

Original Language ES

Budget $13,000,000

Revenue $33,750,478

Status Released

Popularity 5.8

Cast

Antonio Banderas

Dr. Robert Ledgard

Popularity: 5.1

Elena Anaya

Vera Cruz / Gal

Popularity: 8.7

Marisa Paredes

Marilia

Popularity: 0.3

Jan Cornet

Vicente

Popularity: 5.1

Roberto Álamo

Zeca

Popularity: 0.4

Eduard Fernández

Fulgencio

Popularity: 0.7

José Luis Gómez

President of the Institute of Biotechnology

Popularity: 0.2

Blanca Suárez

Norma Ledgard

Popularity: 4.5

Susi Sánchez

Vicente's mother

Popularity: 0.3

Bárbara Lennie

Cristina

Popularity: 2.3

Fernando Cayo

Surgeon

Popularity: 0.5

Chema Ruiz

Police officer

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Director Pedro Almodóvar

Producer Esther García, Agustín Almodóvar

Screenplay Pedro Almodóvar

Editor José Salcedo

Production

El Deseo

Videos & Trailers

NYFF Press Conference: The Skin I Live In

Featurette

Official US Trailer

Trailer

Teaser Trailer

Teaser

UK Premiere Somerset House

Featurette

UK Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

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Reviews from TMDB

Filipe Manuel Neto 6/10

May 27, 2023

**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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 8/10

May 30, 2024

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, ... Read more