The Skin I Live In

This article is about the 2011 Pedro Almodóvar film. For the unrelated 2012 documentary, see The Skin I'm In (documentary).
Not to be confused with the similarly titled horror film In My Skin

The Skin I Live In
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLa piel que habito
Directed byPedro Almodóvar
Screenplay byPedro Almodóvar
Based onTarantula
by Thierry Jonquet
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byJosé Salcedo
Music byAlberto Iglesias
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Entertainment España
Release dates
  • 19 May 2011 (2011-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) (Spain)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget$13.5 million[2]
Box office$30.8 million[3]

The Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish thriller and melodrama hybrid film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Álamo. It is based on Thierry Jonquet's 1984 novel Mygale, first published in French and then in English under the title Tarantula.[2][4]

Almodóvar has described the film as "a horror story without screams or frights".[5] The film was the first collaboration in 21 years between Almodóvar and Banderas since Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990).[6] It premiered in May 2011 in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and won Best Film Not in the English Language at the 65th BAFTA Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and 16 Goya Awards.

  1. ^ "La piel que habito – The Skin I Live In (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b Ríos Pérez, Sergio (23 August 2010). "Shooting starts on Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  3. ^ The Skin I Live In at Box Office Mojo
  4. ^ Goodman, Lanie (20 May 2011). "Pedro Almodóvar Dissects His New Film 'The Skin I Live'". The Wall Street Journal.
  5. ^ Ríos Pérez, Sergio (5 May 2010). "Álmodovar, Bayona make 'ambitious, high-quality European films from Spain'". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Dr. Almodóvar". New York. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2014.