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The Skin I Live In
2011
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1173
- IMDb #862
- Google retired #1886
- Rotten Tomatoes #1373
- Metacritic #1101
- Letterboxd #1184
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1944
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1245
- Metacritic Critics #1451
- Metacritic Audience #630
- Criticker #561
- Douban #1018
- Kinopoisk #1683
- AlloCiné #869
- Trakt #1035
Every rating
63–86
out of 100
A brilliant and obsessive plastic surgeon holds a mysterious woman captive in his secluded mansion. She is the subject of his radical experiments with a new type of synthetic skin. The film slowly unravels the disturbing chain of events that led to her imprisonment, revealing the doctor's twisted motives and the true identity of his patient, which is rooted in a past tragedy.
Details
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Based on
- Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Released
- 17 August 2011
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $33.8M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 43 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 59 →5 major awards won · 16 wins from 59 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| BAFTA Awards 2011 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Winner | |
| Goya Awards 2011 | Best Actress | Elena Anaya | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2011 | Best New Actor | Jan Cornet | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2011 | Best Make-Up | Winner | |
| Goya Awards 2011 | Best Score | Winner | |
| Cannes Film Festival 2011 | Palme d'Or | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 2011 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| Goya Awards 2011 | Best Effects | Nominee |
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Goya Awards
16 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress | Elena Anaya | Winner |
| Best Make-Up | Winner | |
| Best New Actor | Jan Cornet | Winner |
| Best Score | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Antonio Banderas | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Best Costume Design | Nominee | |
| Best Director | Nominee | |
| Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Effects | Nominee | |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best New Actress | Blanca Suárez | Nominee |
| Best Production | Nominee | |
| Best Production Supervision | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Winner |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
Golden Globes
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Actors and Actresses Union Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best New Actor | Jan Cornet | Winner |
| Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Antonio Banderas | Nominee |
| Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | Elena Anaya | Nominee |
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Marisa Paredes | Nominee |
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Susi Sánchez | Nominee |
Spanish Actors Union
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Male Newcomer | Jan Cornet | Winner |
| Best Female Performance | Elena Ayana | Nominee |
| Best Female in Minor Performance | Marisa Paredes | Nominee |
| Best Female in Minor Performance | Susi Sánchez | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Antonio Banderas | Nominee |
Saturn Award
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best International Film | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Antonio Banderas | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Elena Anaya | Nominee |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Antonio Banderas | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Nominee |
Fotogramas de Plata
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Elena Anaya | Winner |
| Best Actor | Antonio Banderas | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
World Soundtrack Awards 2012
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Composer of the Year | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Elana Anaya | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominee |
European Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Composer | Nominee | |
| Best Production | Nominee |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2 nominations
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Nominee | |
| Technical Achievement | Nominee |
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Australian Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Overseas Film (English Language) | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |