Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
José Luis AlcaineComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Fernando Cayo, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez (more)VOD (1)
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Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate in his own laboratory, a skin that is sensitive to caresses, but a real shield against all the aggressions, both external and internal, to which our largest organ is submitted. To obtain it, he has used the possibilities provided by cellular therapy. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a human guinea pig, an accomplice and no scruples. Scruples were never a problem, they weren’t part of his character. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig. Over the course of each year, dozens of young people of both sexes disappear from their homes, in many cases of their own will. One of those young people will end up sharing the splendid mansion, El Cigarral, with Robert and Marilia, and will be doing so unwillingly. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2012 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2011 - Best Foreign Independent
European Film Awards
- 2011 - Antxón Gómez (Best Production Designer)
- 2011 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Composer)
Goya Awards
- 2012 - Elena Anaya (Best Actress)
- 2012 - Jan Cornet (Best New Actor)
- 2012 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2012 - Best Make Up
- 2012 - Best Film
- 2012 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2012 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2012 - Blanca Suárez (Best New Actress)
- 2012 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2012 - José Luis Alcaine (Best Cinematography)
- 2012 - José Salcedo (Best Editing)
- 2012 - Best Sound
- 2012 - Antxón Gómez (Best Art Direction)
- 2012 - Paco Delgado (Best Costume Design)
- 2012 - Best Production Supervision
- 2012 - Best Special Effects
Czech Lion Awards
- 2011 - Best Foreign Film
Golden Globes
- 2012 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2012 - Best Foreign Language Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2011 - Best Foreign Language Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2011 - Best Foreign Language Film
The Saturn Awards
- 2012 - Best International Film
- 2012 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2012 - Elena Anaya (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2012 - Tamar Aviv (Best Make-Up)
Cannes Film Festival
- 2011 - Pedro Almodóvar (Golden Palm - Official Competition)