Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Skin I Live In

The Skin I Live In

A man silently contemplates a larger than life picture on the wall of a stunning woman in a body suit. Suddenly the woman stirs and you realize you are looking at a close circuit camera feed on a giant LED TV. On the surface, the woman, Vera (Elena Anaya) seems to be Dr. Ledgard’s (Antonio Banderas) live in pet subject for his plastic surgery experiments. But contrary to the the title, most things in the movie are not skin deep as you find yourself immersed in a bizarre world that only Pedro Almodóvar can concoct. And even for him the film might have been a road less traveled on…

Rating: * * +

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