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The Skin I Live In

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2011 · 120 min · Drama

A brilliant, unhinged plastic surgeon keeps a beautiful woman captive in his mansion, testing an experimental synthetic skin on her — and guarding a monstrous secret about who she is. Pedro Almodóvar's chilling, twisted thriller.

Runtime
120 min
Genre
Drama · Horror · Mystery
Mood
tense · thoughtful
Entry
easy entry
Best for
first visit · horror night

Content notes: violence or threat · sexual content Non-exhaustive

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Part of 10 Essential Spanish Films

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