The Skin I Live In (2011)
83%RT Audience Score: 84%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 BAFTA Award
28 wins & 69 nominations total
The Skin I Live In lacks Almodovar’s famously charged romance, replaced with a wonderfully bizarre and unpredictable detour into arthouse ick
If you’re in the mood for a movie that will make you feel like you’re on a rollercoaster, then The Skin I Live In is the perfect choice. With Antonio Banderas playing a mad scientist, you know you’re in for a wild ride. The film is a complex thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. And if you’re a fan of Pedro Almodovar’s work, then you won’t be disappointed. The Skin I Live In is a masterpiece that showcases the director’s unique style and vision. So grab some popcorn and get ready for a movie experience like no other!
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Marvel Enterprises Marvel Studios,
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Ponte Ulla, Vedra, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for disturbing violent content including sexual assault, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and language
Year of Release
2011
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 0m
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Language(s):Spanish
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Country of origin:Spain
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 2011 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 6, 2012
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Eduard Fernández, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, written by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, drama, R rating, box office gross $3.2M, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, reviewed by Gabrielle Rivera, James Berardinelli, José Teodoro, Nicolas Rapold, Lisa Schwarzbaum, David Stratton, Brian Eggert, David Lamble, David Nusair, Kelly Jane Torrance, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Worldwide gross: $33,750,478
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $44,432,433
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,392
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,845,412
US/Canada gross: $3,185,812
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,194,115
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,855
US/Canada opening weekend: $223,119
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $293,736
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,550
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 10002914
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $13,168,815
Production budget ranking: 1,557
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $7,091,407
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $24,172,211
ROI to date (est.): 119%
ROI ranking: 859
Elena Anaya – Vera
Marisa Paredes – Marilia
Jan Cornet – Vicente
Roberto Álamo – Zeca
Eduard Fernández – Fulgencio
Director(s)
Pedro Almodóvar
Writer(s)
Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
Producer(s)
Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 BAFTA Award
28 wins & 69 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (178) | Top Critics (66) | Fresh (144) | Rotten (34)
Banderas settles into the dark character of Dr. Ledgard with a stillness and apparent ease that gave me the chills I left the movie theater wondering if it worth it.
June 11, 2021
Gabrielle Rivera
Autostraddle
TOP CRITIC
The Skin I Live In is well worth seeing. Mad scientists overwhelmed by hubris are nothing new but no iteration of the story has been told in quite this way.
December 20, 2018 | Rating: 3/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
Almodóvar has a body of work as rigorously personal as any out there, and, even with its flaws, he wears this latest Skin rather well.
November 5, 2013
José Teodoro
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Despite the typically invigorating sense of line and framing, The Skin I Live In withholds the director’s customary satisfactions and affirmations. The result is a saga of obsession that, in its saturnine undertone, maintains a hard-to-enjoy integrity.
July 1, 2013
Nicolas Rapold
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
February 18, 2012 | Rating: B+
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
Even a second level Almodovar is better than most other people.
December 1, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
There’s never been another Almodovar film quite like The Skin I Live In, a complex thriller that, much like the filmmakers career, transitions from one kind of movie to another, shifting the audience’s sympathies in unexpected and challenging ways.
February 27, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Antonio Banderas returns to Spain and mentor Pedro Almodovar in this outlandish melodrama dripping with science-fiction tropes.
June 10, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
An objectively oddball piece of work…
August 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
The Skin I Live In is the most disquieting film I’ve seen in years. Don’t let that stop you from seeing it, though. It’s also the masterpiece we’ve long awaited from Pedro Almodovar.
January 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Kelly Jane Torrance
Washington Examiner
“The Skin I Live In” is a film where love takes many forms, some of which are perverse, but it’s how the director is guided by his one for cinema that makes his latest feel so alive.
December 21, 2018
Stephen Saito
Moveable Fest
… in this polymorphous shocker Almodóvar has crafted one of his most berserk and bewitching fables about the fluidity of gender and the unpredictability of desire.
August 29, 2018
Steve Erickson
Nashville Scene…
Plot
A skilled plastic surgeon, Dr. Robert Ledgard, creates a new skin that is sensitive to touch and could save the lives of burn victims. He tests his creation on a woman named Vera, who is held prisoner against her will in his mansion.
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