The Skin I Live In
The Skin I Live In Spanish La piel que habito is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, and Roberto lamo. The Skin I Live In is based on Thierry Jonquets novel Mygale, first published in French and then in English under the title Tarantula.
Plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard was successful in cultivating an artificial skin resistant to burns and insect bites, which he calls GAL, that he says he has been testing on athymic mice. He presents his results in a medical symposium but when he privately discloses he has also conducted illegal transgenic experiments on humans, he is forbidden to continue with his research.On his secluded estate, Ledgard is keeping a young woman named Vera captive, with the help of one of his servants, Marilia. Due to the suspension of his official experiments, Robert asks Marilia to dismiss the other servants. ........
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