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The Skin I Live In(Movie, 2011)

Original title: "La piel que habito" (Spanish/ES)
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| 2h | Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The Skin I Live InRating: 3.8/5 (with 18681,868 votes)
The Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish thriller and melodrama hybrid film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Álamo. It is based on Thierry Jonquet's 1984 novel Mygale, first published in French and then in English under the title Tarantula. Almodóvar has described the film as "a horror story without screams or frights". The film was the first collaboration in 21 years between Almodóvar and Banderas since Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990). It premiered in May 2011 in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and won Best Film Not in the English Language at the 65th BAFTA Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and 16 Goya Awards. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Skin I Live In

Saturn Award for Best International Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Goya Award for Best Original Score Goya Award for Best Actress Goya Award for Best New Actor Goya Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyles Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film British Independent Film Award for Best International Independent Film Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Goya Award for Best Actress Goya Award for Best Actor Goya Award for Best Director Goya Award for Best Original Score Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Goya Award for Best New Actor Goya Award for Best Cinematography Goya Award for Best New Actress Goya Award for Best Editing Goya Award for Best Sound Goya Award for Best Production Supervision Goya Award for Best Special Effects Goya Award for Best Film Goya Award for Best Costume Design Goya Award for Best Art Direction European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award for Best Production Designer

About The Skin I Live In

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

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The Skin I Live In | Official Trailer HD (2011)(Trailer, 2:12)

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Additional Information

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Production country: Spain
Shot in: Madrid, Spain
Plays in: Toledo
Based on the work of: Thierry Jonquet ("Tarantula")
Made by: El Deseo
Original language: Spanish (ES)
Spoken languages: Spanish (ES), Portuguese (PT)
Translated into 28 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/14/2011 (World premiere: 08/17/2011)
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Director of Photography: José Luis Alcaine Escaño
Costume designer: Francisco Delgado López
Make-up Artist: David Martí, Karmele Soler
Production Designer: Antxón Gómez
Sound Designer: Marc Orts, Pelayo Gutiérrez
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La peau que j'habite"
"A Pele Onde Eu Vivo"
"Huden jag bor i"
"切膚慾謀"
"La piel que abito"
Budget: 13,000,000 USD
Revenue: 33,750,478 USD (= 260%)

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