In the hands of a madman...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar,
based on the novel “Tarantula”, by Thierry Jonquet
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena
Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suarez & Roberto Alamo
Plot: Doctor Robert Ledgard is a
successful plastic surgeon living in a secluded where he is keeping “a
patient”, the beautiful Vera, in total isolation. The arrival of the maid’s
criminal son arrives whilst Robert is away triggers a series of recollections
about Robert’s tragic past, how Vera came to be there and what her surgery may
have been for.
Running Time: 120m 19s
The issue of spoilers in reviews
is a tricky one. You must give a small idea of what the plot is but shouldn’t
give away too much. It’s the observer effect in film form – to talk to somebody
about watching a film is to change their experience of watching it. In the case
of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film, The Skin I
Live In, it feels as though to say anything about the content of the film
or even the films it is drawn from is to tamper with it.
