A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
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Antonio Banderas
Dr. Robert Ledgard
Elena Anaya
Vera Cruz / Gal
Marisa Paredes
Marilia
Jan Cornet
Vicente
Roberto Álamo
Zeca
Eduard Fernández
Fulgencio
José Luis Gómez
President of the Institute of Biotechnology
Blanca Suárez
Norma Ledgard
Susi Sánchez
Vicente's mother
Bárbara Lennie
Cristina
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay
Pedro Almodóvar
Tagline
"The things the love of a madman can do..."
Status
Released
Original Language
ES
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$33,750,478
Production
El Deseo
Filipe Manuel Neto
May 27, 2023
**The film is good: it's tense, it's intense, it's shocking, it's dramatic, it's engaging... but it's also brutal and quite illogical if we think about the details.** As far as I remember, this was the first Pedro Almodóvar film I saw, and it was up to my expectations. I heard that he was a very visual director, that he wasn't afraid to show ugly things as they are, with realism and authenticit...
CinemaSerf
May 30, 2024
After losing his wife in a fire, accomplished surgeon "Ledgard" (Antonio Banderas) has been working for many years on a type of skin that can resists burns! After about a dozen of them, he might be on the cusp of a breakthrough - but just how has he managed to develop this groundbreaking fabric? We, watching, are not the only people suspicious and as his fellow scientists become more openly scepti...
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