| Title |
La piel que habito = The skin I live in / El Deseo presenta ; un film de Alomodóvar ; dirigida por Pedro Almodóvar ; guión de Pedro Almodóvar ; producida por Ester García. |
| OCLC |
769825435 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
043396394858 |
| Music number |
39485 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Publisher |
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012] |
| Description |
1 videodisc disc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Plastic surgeons -- Drama.
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Human experimentation in medicine -- Drama.
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| System details note |
DVD, NTSC. |
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Blu-ray. |
| Cast |
Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Antonio Banderas, Roberto Álamo. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Music, Alberto Iglesias ; editor, José Salcedo ; director of photography, José Luis Alcaine. |
| Target audience |
MPAA rating: R; for disturbing violent content including sexual assault, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use, and language. OFRB rating: 18A. |
| 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? |
| Awards note |
Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection 2011. |
| Language note |
Spanish or French dialogue with optional English or French subtitles and optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| General note |
Based on the novel Mygale by Thierry Jonquet. |
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Special features include making of featurette, On the red carpet New York premier, theatrical trailer, an evening with Pedro Almodovar. |
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