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The Skin I Live In
The Skin I Live In () is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, and Roberto Álamo. "The Skin I Live In" is based on Thierry Jonquet's novel "Mygale", first published in French and then in English under the title "Tarantula".
Almodóvar has described the film as "a horror story without screams or frights". The film was the first
accepted into the main selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or, his third film to do so and fourth to screen at the festival. The film earned £30 million worldwide, and was nominated for both the BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Film career "The Skin I Live In" (2011).
Loosely based on the French novel "Tarantula" by Thierry Jonquet, "The Skin I Live In" (2011) is the director's first incursion