"The Skin of My Living" is a heavy-duty drama directed by Spanish national treasure director Pedro Almodóvar and starring famous Spanish actors Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya.
The film was released in France on August 17, 2011. The film tells the thriller and sci-fi story of a surgeon, Robert, who uses a skin transplant to transgender a rapist to avenge his daughter.
Plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard, whose wife was burned to death in a traffic accident many years ago, was upset that he couldn't save her and started working on a new type of skin that could withstand any damage.
To this end, he did not hesitate to break through the restricted area of scientific research and conduct human genetic experiments. Twelve years later, he finally cultivated a skin sample with real protective power. What he has to do now is to use it to conduct a real human experiment.
After reading the above profile, do you think that is the case? Then you are really wrong. After the surgeon changed the sex of the criminal who raped his daughter for revenge, he fell in love with his "work" in the gradual contact. This is the breaking point!
The plot in the back is even more lively. If there are too many spoilers, you should watch it yourself.
This heavy taste masterpiece wraps the dark elements of sex, robbery, captivity, kidnapping, shooting, transgender, illegitimate children, depression, drug addiction, and promiscuity in serious academic lectures, high-end suits, luxurious villas, and exquisite murals. , beautiful face, elegant gathering, full of strange, terrifying, mysterious, perverted atmosphere.
Almodovar's works have always been full of rather bizarre personal styles. People who like them regard them as classics, and people who don't like them abandon them. Therefore, all the judges, I have something to say, Brother Zhen. It is not small and fresh, do not like it, watch it carefully!
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