TIFF 2011: Five Creepy Clips from The Skin I Live In
Steve Barton
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Playing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is Pedro Almodovar’s deranged looking new film The Skin I Live In (La Piel que Habito). Just how weird is it? Check out these latest clips!
Look for it in theatres on October 7th via Sony Pictures Classics.
“The film will be a terror film, without screams or scares,” said Almodovar in a previous interview. “It’s difficult to define, and although it comes close to the terror genre — something that appeals to me that I’ve never done — I won’t respect any of its rules. It’s the harshest film I’ve ever written, and Banderas’ character is brutal.”
Synopsis
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 a further three 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 …
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