The Skin I Live In (2011)

Directed by Pedro Almodovar

Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Coret, Marisa Paredes

Always get worried when Almodovar does something dark rather than funny. Maybe because I never warmed to Matador. However Bad Education has shown me otherwise.

Robert Ledgard, a brilliant plastic surgeon, has his own personal project. A girl locked in a room by the name Vera. But how did she get here? And why is she so complacent to stay there, reading and being catered for, considering she's locked up.

I suppose all will be revealed. But in the meantime gaze at Almodovar's lift of Hitchcock. Delight yourself in the dark macabre of his storytelling. And drool at how ruddy handsome Antonio Banderas is still.

Have seen now that when Almodovar can handle soft thrillers. Maybe it's time I gave Matador a second chance.

5/5

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Notorious (1946)

Matador (1986)