The Skin I Live In is a movie directed by Pedro Almodóvar in 2011 and based on the book Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet, first published in 1984. The movie features Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Blanca Suárez, Bárbara Lennie, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard was successful in cultivating an artificial skin resistant to burns and insect bites, which he calls GAL, that he says he has been testing on athymic mice. He presents his results in a medical symposium but when he privately discloses he has also conducted illegal transgenic experiments on humans, he is forbidden to continue with his research.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Skin I Live In
Original title: La piel que habito
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Length: 2h
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Year
1984
Pages
129
Book Rate
7.54
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Book
Tarantula
Original title: Mygale
Author: Thierry Jonquet
Country: France
First published in: 1984
Length: 129 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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