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Synopsis: In honor of his late wife who died in a flaming car accident, scientist, Dr. Robert Ledgard, is trying to synthesize the perfect skin which can withstand burns, cuts or any other kind of damage. As he gets closer to perfecting this skin on his flawless patient, the scientific community starts growing skeptical and his past is revealed that shows how his patient is closely linked to tragic events he would like to forget.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Pedro Almodóvar
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 27 wins & 66 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2011
120 min
$3,185,193
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1,005 Views


I just gave birth to you.

- It's her.

- It's not her!

How could it be her?

Get out of here!

Keep away!

Marilia?

I heard a noise, like a shot.

Is anything wrong?

I heard voices too.

Marilia?

Marilia!

There.

Who is it?

It's me, Zeca. Open the door.

I can't.

- Why not?

- I haven't got the key.

Does Marilia have it?

- I don't know.

- What are you doing here?

If you scream, I'll break your jaw.

Where's the key to upstairs?

In the drawer at the corner.

Untie me and I'll give it to you.

No, where is it?

In that drawer, in an envelope.

- It's not here!

- At the back!

There's just an envelope

that says "clips".

- That's to fool people, idiot!

- Look inside.

No. Not the napkin. No, no, no!

- Yes, or else you'll scream.

- No, untie me, please!

Open your mouth!

Open it wider, mom!

It all fit before.

Did Robert send you?

No.

How did you survive?

I left you burning like a torch.

He saved me.

Get me out of here!

I'll go anywhere with you!

You're saying that...

because I'm on top of you.

No!

Ask me for anything!

What can you give me,

apart from a great f***?

I don't know. Lots of things!

I'll do whatever you want.

You could help me with Robert.

How do you get on with him now?

Great.

- Great?

- Yes.

- And he still locks you in?

- You know what he's like!

Yes.

I'll take you with me.

That might soften his heart

and he'll fix my face.

If you kidnap me,

you can ask him for anything!

I'll kidnap you, but first we'll f***.

Listen...

What?

Lets f*** in the garden, please!

The garden? Why?

I'm sick of screwing in the open air.

This tiger wants a bed.

Don't you like it?

You're hurting me.

It's very big.

It's like it always was.

It used to drive you crazy.

Yes...

and it still does.

It drives me crazy!

Shut up! You're weird,

you're distracting me.

Kill her!

Kill them both!

As children,

they played at killing each other.

I knew that one day

they'd do it for real.

The tiger and Robert?

Yes.

They're brothers...

but they don't know it.

At least I've never told them.

I had Zeca by a servant

who disappeared soon after.

And Robert is the son of Mr. Ledgard.

Their fathers were very different

but both were born insane.

It's my fault.

I've got insanity in my entrails.

I'd served at the Ledgards' house

since I was a child.

Mrs. Ledgard was sterile...

and when my Robert was born,

they kept him...

and said she'd given birth to him.

But I was the one who looked after him

from the day he was born.

Zeca spoke to me as if he knew me.

He mistook you for Gal,

Robert's wife.

Unlike Robert,

Zeca grew up far from me.

When he was seven,

he started transporting drugs.

I never saw him.

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Thierry Jonquet

Thierry Jonquet (January 19, 1954 – August 9, 2009) was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside France was Mygale (1995), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as Tarantula in 2005 (Serpent's Tail). He wrote over 20 novels in French, including Le bal des débris, Moloch and Rouge c'est la vie. Jonquet died aged 55 in hospital in Paris.Tarantula has been filmed by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, under the title The Skin I Live In, which was entered in competition in May 2011 for the Cannes Film Festival. more…

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