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The Skin I Live In
Why this pick
Almodóvar again combines lush, highly controlled melodrama with obsession, secrecy and identity; its immaculate surfaces conceal a steadily tightening emotional nightmare.
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MOVIE2009 2h 7m ESP
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
"Harry Caine" is a blind writer who shares his life with his agent Judit and her adult son, Diego. Slowly, events in the present begin to bring back memories of the past. Harry hears that millionaire Ernesto Martel has died; a young filmmaker, Ray X, appears and turns out to be Martel's son, Ernesto, Jr. After Diego is hospitalized for an accidental drug overdose in a Madrid nightclub, Harry collects Diego from the hospital and looks after him to avoid worrying his traveling mother. The main storyline is told in Flashback (narrative) as Harry reluctantly tells Diego a tragic tale of fate, jealousy, abuse of power, betrayal, and guilt.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Penélope Cruz
Lena
José Luis Gómez
Ernesto Martel
Carmen Machi
Chon
Kira Miró
Model
Rossy de Palma
Julieta
Carlos Sampedro
Chus Lampreave
Portera (Concierge)
Rubén Ochandiano
Ray X