The Skin I Live In - premiere footage

Last week The Skin I Live In opened Film 4’s Summer Screen at Somerset House, and as it was the UK premiere, both Pedro Almodovar and Elena Anaya were there to walk the red carpet and introduce the film.

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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 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...

In cinemas August 26, 2011