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THE SKIN I LIVE IN (SPAIN 2011) At Boathouse No.6, Action Stations, Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth Wednesday 1 Feb. 7:30pm |
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Supported by The School of Creative Arts
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Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed three more things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig... Read a review: "The Skin I Live In feels unlike any other Almodovar film – a quasi-horror exercise that's improbably august and elegant. Yet it's also uncannily familiar – an Almodovar film to the hilt." [Jonathon Romney, The Independent 28. Aug. 2011] |
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