Thread: How messed up is "The Skin I live In"?
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Old 05-23-2011, 08:38 PM   #14
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http://themovieblog.com/2011/05/revi...-film-festival

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THE GENERAL IDEA
Based on Thierry Jonquet’s novel “Mygale”, Robert Ledgard (Banderas) plays a brilliant plastic surgeon determined to develop a new artificial skin. Many obsticles stand in his way, but after his daughter is raped and commits suicide in the resulting depression, Ledgard sees an opportunity for revenge and an unwitting test subject.

THE GOOD
And the best villains in film are the ones you can sympathize with. Evil for the sake of evil lacks any depth. This is not a criticism that this film will ever face. Banderas’ character is the victim. Distraught by his daughter’s traumatic ordeals, seeking revenge he crosses a line and becomes evil. The film as a whole is VERY deep, disturbing, and moving. I say this as a good thing, as every disturbing moment makes you explore why, share in its emotion and impacts the viewer dramatically.

THE BAD
This film may just be a tough pill to swallow for some. Its not a feel good revenge movie like Taken. This movie takes no subtleties in the exploration the most base of human emotion. Even at the Cannes Film Festival where people covet these tickets and attended the film alongside the cast and director, some walked out on the movie for reasons ranging from confusion to pure disgust.
There are also some very dry parts in the middle of the film that drag, and a particularily confusing “tiger rape” scene involving a man in a furry like costume. I didn’t feel it gave anything to the film and could have been left out without hurting they story. And believe me that when that happens its not the part that people were talking about when they say “it got weird after that”.
From the link in that quote:
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The film, which stars Antonio Banderas and budding actress Spanish actress Elena Anaya, focuses on a mad but brilliant surgeon (Banderas) who kidnaps a man who raped his daughter.
The doctor's daughter killed herself from the grief and it drives him to take very drastic measures. This is where it gets complicated and disturbing.
Banderas then gives the rapist a sex change and transplants his deceased daughter's face onto his body.
He later has sex with the man he has brutally experimented on and turned into a woman.



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