The skin I live in [blu-ray dvd] / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Canal+ España ; El Deseo ; Instituto de Crédito Oficial ; TVE ; written by Pedro Almodovar ; produced by Esther Garcia ; directed by Pedro Almodovar.
Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Antonio Banderas, Roberto Alamo. Based on the novella Mygale, by Thierry Jonquet. Special features: Making of featurette ; on the red carpet: New York premiere ; trailer.
Summary:
Since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has wanted to create a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he cultivates a skin that is a real shield against every assault. Now, besides the years of study and experimentation, the unscrupulous doctor needs to find an accomplice, and a human guinea pig. Marrilia, the woman who looked after him from birth, is his most faithful accomplice. But where will they find the human pig?
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