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Dir: Gaston Duprat, Mariano Cohn. Starring: Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martinez, Jose Luis Gomez, Irene Escolar, Manolo Solo. 15, 114 minutes.

Is the film industry’s obsession with poking fun at its own excesses just another form of vanity? After the hundredth comedy about conceited artists and their many gluttonies (see: Judd Apatow’s painfully unfunny The Bubble), it all starts to feel a little like the dirtbag boyfriend who loves to apologise for how “messed up” he is, but never makes the slightest attempt to fix his behaviour. Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s Official Competition may be yet another satire on filmmaking, but it’s the rare iteration that’s nuanced enough to understand that self-awareness does not equal absolution.

The Argentinian directors have, admittedly, corralled exactly the sort of headline-grabbing cast that normally populates these indulgent meta-comedies. Official Competition marks the first time Pedro Almodovar’s two most recognisable collaborators,...

Sometimes with comedy it’s not the strength of the jokes that makes something work but the manner of the delivery – and it doesn’t come much more dead pan than the framing employed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. The almost architectural setting of this film with its barn-like brutalist settings and cool, steady takes adds a level of unexpected silliness to the otherwise familiar subject of inflated egos at the top of the film world.

Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz with a barnet that looks like Alma Har’el’s hair on steroids) is a film director in the arthouse mode who has been hired by a pharmaceutical billionaire (José Luis Gómez) to make a movie because he wants to cement his legacy. It was either this or a bridge. In what is possibly the best joke in the whole film, her back catalogue includes a film called The Inverted Rain,...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “Official Competition,” a new Spain/Argentina film about a trio – two actors and a director – trying to get a film out of rehearsal and in front of the cameras. It opened in select theaters on July 1st, 2022, see local listings.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

This is the story of a billionaire named Humberto (Jose Luis Gomez), who wants his legacy to be the greatest movie ever made, so he buys a hot novel about rival brothers and hires the greatest director working, Lola Cuevas (Penelope Cruz). Lola in turn hires the greatest and purest legendary actor Ivan (Oscar Martinez) and the greatest movie idol Felix (Antonio Banderas) to see how they will work together. Not surprisingly, it’s very badly, but the clever Lola has many tricks up her sleeve to get their best performances, and with only nine rehearsals the rivalry has just begun.

Antonio Banderas as “Félix Rivero” and Penelope Cruz as “Lola Cuevas” in Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s Official Competition. Courtesy of Manolo Pavon. An IFC Films release.

In the satiric comedy Official Competition, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star as an auteur director and international action star, both with egos the size of Montana, who are hired by an aging wealthy businessman intent on financing a big, award-winning hit movie as a vanity project. The humor is pointed and wits are sharp, as wealth, egos, art and particularly movie-making come under the comic guns of Argentinian co-directors Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohen in this hilarious Spanish-language satire.

As he turns 80, millionaire businessman Humberto Suarez (Jose Luis Gomez) decides he needs a monumentally big project to leave a lasting legacy. But what should be choose? A bridge designed by a famous architect bearing his name? A charitable foundation? No, a...

This review of “Official Competition was published on Sept. 4, 2021 after the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

To trot out the old adage, “scratch a cynic, find an idealist” in reference to “Official Competition,” a modest showbiz sendup that premiered, fittingly enough, in official competition at 2021’s Venice film festival might be putting it a bit too harshly. Frankly, it wouldn’t take more than the morning breeze or the soft touch of an infant to wipe away the thin layer of satire that (barely) covers a deeper, almost evangelical belief in the power of movie stars.

In some ways you could call it a throwback in the sense that it runs totally counter to the high-concept, IP-driven model of recent Hollywood output. “Official Competition” co-directors Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn would rather offer viewers a no-concept, light and breezy big-screen hangout, betting that audiences will turn out...

In 2019’s “Pain and Glory,” Antonio Banderas landed an Oscar nomination for playing a downtrodden artist contemplating the end of his career. Soon after that movie’s successful run, Banderas could relate. When Covid shutdowns threatened the future of his Malaga-based theater Teatro Soho CaixaBank the next year, Banderas’ new career chapter as an artistic director in his homeland was in doubt.

Two years later, however, the 61-year-old actor is busier than ever and brimming with enthusiasm about his future. In the Spanish-language “Official Competition,” which IFC Films opens in the U.S. this week, he plays a pompous movie star drawn into a project directed by an exacting filmmaker (Penelope Cruz) after an aging billionaire (José Luis Gomez) decides to finance a movie on a whim. The satirical comedy premiered on the fall circuit last year, just a few months before Banderas surfaced as the villain in the box office hit “Uncharted.

It’s about to be film festival season again when things really kick off in May at the Cannes Film Festival, and so what better time than to release the trailer for “Official Competition,” a comedy that skewers Cannes, red carpet glitz, and the entire film festival industrial complex. One of the delightful stand outs of last year’s Venice Film Festival, “Official Competition,” the film skewers the entire business and does so with leads Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, along with Oscar Martínez, José Luis Gómez, Nagore Aranburu, Irene Escolar, Manolo Solo, Pilar Castro, and Koldo Olabarri.

Continue reading ‘Official Competition’ Trailer: Penélope Cruz & Antonio Banderas Skewer Cannes, Film Festivals & More at The Playlist.

Filmmakers Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn unite Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martinez for a tongue in cheek satire for a wild ride of ego baiting and art house snobbery that engulfs the film industry. From actors, filmmakers and even Film journalists, no one escapes the brutality of honesty in this hilarious delve into making an award-worthy movie.

Let this be known, this offering may just well pass over the heads of general audiences if it wasn’t for its delectable cast. This is made for Film industry insiders and everyone associated with the ugly pretensions that surround it. A dive into the commercialism and prestige that comes with making a notable film worthy only for the Festival circuit and its awards.

Getting straight to the point Duprat and Cohn introduce us to a Mr Burns looking character, pharmaceutical millionaire Humberto Suarez (José Luis Gómez), approaching 80, Suarez finds himself having an existential crisis,...

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Official Competition,” Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s colorful film with Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. Represented in international markets by Protagonist, the film world premiered at Venice in competition and earned unanimous praise.

Written by Cohn and Duprat, the movie stars José Luis Gómez as an octogenarian millionaire pharmaceutical tycoon who decides to finance a great work of cinema after surveying his legacy and finding it lacking in prestige.

He purchases the rights to a Nobel Prize–winning novel about sibling rivalry and entrusts the property to enigmatic auteur Lola Cuevas (Cruz). A visionary conceptualist with a penchant for offscreen theatrics and micromanagement, Lola casts as her embattled co-leads a pair of veteran thespians who couldn’t be less alike: Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez) is a revered educator and legend of the stage much concerned with ethics and artistry, while Félix Rivero...

The new film from Argentine duo Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn effectively asserted its destiny with its title: How could the Venice festival programmers resist putting a film called “Official Competition” in their official competition? Some things just make sense, and by premiering in this way, Duprat and Cohn’s droll, dippy insider comedy neatly completes the last of its many, many in-jokes: Whatever life the film has beyond the festival circuit, it will never again play to so perfectly targeted an audience.

How amused viewers outside the film’s satirical crosshairs will be by “Official Competition” remains to be seen. As it traces the fractious pre-production process of an art-house film being made for cynical commercial purposes, the film will certainly mine dark laughs of recognition from industry folk. Perhaps civilians will appreciate its puncturing of the egos and pretensions of the privileged artist class, after being drawn in by big,...

Madrid — Spain’s two most recognizable cinematic faces, Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz, will co-star in a new film from Madrid’s The Mediapro Studio, titled “Competencia Oficial” (Official Competition), directed by Argentine filmmakers Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.

The pair recently both starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Pain and Glory,” although they never appeared together on screen. Banderas went on to win best actor at the Cannes Festival, a Spanish Academy Goya Award, and is now nominated for best actor at the Oscars.

Although the two have seen plenty of each other over the past year, promoting “Pain and Glory,” the last time they shared a scene was in 2013’s “I’m So Excited.”

Cohn and Duprat have recruited one of their most popular Argentine mature leading men to join the endeavor as well in Oscar Martínez, a Venice best actor winner for his work in “The Distinguished Citizen...

Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are to topline Spanish-language feature Competencia Oficial, which is due to get underway in Spain at the end of next month. Veteran Argentine actor Oscar Martínez will also star.

The movie is co-written and co-directed by Argentine filmmaking duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. Andrés Duprat also scripted. The MediaPro Studio is producing.

Banderas and Martínez will play actors with very different track records whose methods clash during the preparation for a movie financed by a notorious and over-eager millionaire. Cruz will play the film’s prestigious but eccentric director.

Additional cast includes José Luis Gómez, Carlos Hipólito, Koldo Olabarri, Irene Escolar, Nagore Aramburu, Pilar Castro and Juan Grandinetti.

This will be The MediaPro Studio’s third co-production with Cohn and Duprat after My Masterpiece and 4×4.

Title: Truman Director: Cesc Gay Starring: Ricardo Darin, Javier Camara, Eduard Fernandez, Javier Gutierrez, Jose Luis Gomez, Elvira Minguez, Oriol Pla, Dolores Fonzi. Spanish filmmaker Cesc Gay with wistful delicacy tells the story of Julian (Ricardo Darin), affected by a terminal cancer, as he prepares to face his final curtain. ‘Truman’ begins with Julian meeting his old time friend Tomas (Javier Camara), who comes to visit him from Canada to enjoy a final reunion. Tomas accompanies Julian to all the “errands” that a departing person should be doing, from choosing the urn where his ashes will rest, to visiting his son in Amsterdam for his birthday, and most importantly seek [ Read More ]

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After a few months of international trailers, an official U.S. preview for The Skin I Live In has arrived from Yahoo! (via /Film). Written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, the horror drama stars Antonio Banderas as a plastic surgeon who conducts experiments in an attempt to create a new kind of skin. Everything we’ve seen from it has creeped the hell out of me; from the music to the design to that woman in that mask — it’s all rather strange.

If you’ve seen any of the other previews, this one doesn’t deliver anything all that new, but I still find myself fascinated by it every time something new comes along. Sony Pictures Classics is in something of a good position here, since they don’t have to worry about marketing it to wide audiences; they can basically do whatever they want, as evidenced by this music-filled trailer.

The first trailer for Pedro Almod&#243var's The Skin I Live In has arrived, which features Antonio Banderas as a plastic surgeon set on creating a new synthetic skin. Check out the latest footage below.

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The Skin I Live In comes to theaters October 14th, 2011 and stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, Fernando Cayo, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie. The film is directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

With the announcement that Pedro Almodóvar will bring his thriler The Skin I Live In to Toronto International Film Festival 2011, we have a new Nsfw trailer. We already saw the film at Cannes calling it a “fantastic film to add to Almodóvar’s already impressive body of work with great performances, tension and suspense.” We’ve seen a few trailers, but the latest via Styd shows off more creepy footage, which can be seen below. Antonio Banderas stars alongside Elena Ayana, Marisa Paredes, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, and José Luis Gómez.

Synopsis:

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonia Banderas), 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,...

Sony Pictures has set a limited release date for Pedo Almodovar's The Skin I Live In. Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the film will recieve an October limited release in Los Angeles and New York with expansion planned after that.

Synopsis:

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…

The film also stars Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes,...

Reviews at Cannes painted Pedro Almodovar's new film, The Skin I Live In, as a muddled but sometimes effective thriller [1]. A new international teaser for the movie has landed, and it certainly hypes up the 'effective' part, even while suggesting the same all over the map tone of which some complained at Cannes. I got a kick out of this teaser because it makes the film look like it has the camp playfulness and style of Mario Bava's wild comic book classic [2] Danger: Diabolik, only filtered through the more intensely psycho-sexual and self-aware viewpoint of Peddro Almodovar. If I saw this without knowing anything else of the film I'd walk away pretty keen to see the film. See what you think, after the break. Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new...

Pathe has just released a new theatrical teaser for Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In starring Antonio Banderas. Earlier we have shared three clips and a teaser trailer for the movie, which looks eerie.

Here's the synopsis for the film:

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…

The film also stars Elena Anaya,...

There are certain movies that, for one reason or another, just make me feel uneasy. Whether it’s the atmosphere, the tone, the people behind it, or the subject matter, they’re the kind of films that one could reasonably call “creepy.” I have yet to see Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin I Live In, but everything we’ve seen from it so far – from a teaser to some stills – makes me think that it will be one of those films, and for some of the reasons mentioned above. Based on the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet, the movie tells the story of “a plastic surgeon carrying out a vendetta on the man who raped his daughter.”

A new trailer has shown up at Twitch, and it isn’t making me feel any better. There’s something about this that comes off as wrong, but in a good way — maybe...

The Skin I Live In Movie Clips and Photos have premiered. Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito (2011) stars Roberto Alamo, Jan Cornet, Elena Anaya, and Antonio Banderas. The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)’s plot synopsis: based on Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 book Tarantula, the film follows “a plastic surgeon’s revenge on the man who raped his daughter…this is a film that has a loathsome protagonist who, while seeking justice for his daughter, keeps his wife imprisoned and subjects her to humiliating sexual acts with strangers.”

We previously posted The Skin I Live In Teaser Poster and The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito Movie Photos. The Skin I Live In also stars Bárbara Lennie, Fernando Cayo, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, and Isabel Blanco.

Look at The Skin I Live In clips and photos below and leave your thoughts on them.

Here are three new clips from Pedro Almodova's The Skin I Live In starring Antonio Banderas. The film tells the unsettling story of a plastic surgeon who gets himself a human guinea pig to test out a new type of skin he is creating. I am kinda freaked out by the idea of this film, but at the same time interested in seeing what it has to offer.

The film also stars Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa.

Here's the synopsis for the film:

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.

Describing his latest work, Pedro Almodovar said, "...(it) will be a terror film, without screams or scares. It's the harshest film I've ever written, and Banderas' character is brutal." Based on Thierry Jonquet's novel, Mygale (though some sources list a different novel, Tarantula, and both synopses seem to fit), The Skin I Live In reunites the director with frequent collaborator Antonio Banderas. Banderas plays Dr. Robert Ledgard, a plastic surgeon whose wife was horribly burned in a car crash. Obsessed with creating a new skin for her, the doctor is also carrying out some dark vendetta against the man who raped his daughter.

Here are a couple of production stills:

But it's this quick teaser that gives one a deliciously evil feeling about what's to come:

And it does exactly what it should do, it teases us into wanting more. Man, do I want more.

The Skin I Live...

Here's an interestingly creepy teaser trailer for the new Antonio Banderas film The Skin I Live In directed by Pedro Almodovar. The film tells the unsettling story of a plastic surgeon who gets himself a human guinea pig to test out a new type of skin he is creating. The film is set to premiere up at the Cannes Film Festival, and will be released for the rest of us to see in November thanks to Sony Pictures Classics. This looks like it will be a solid psychological thriller worth checking out.

The film was directed by and also stars Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa.

Here's the synopsis for the film:

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested...

The Skin I Live In, the latest from writer/director Pedro Almodovar, is going to be weeeeeird.  I suppose we knew this from the logline: while plotting his revenge against the man who raped his daughter, a plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas) imprisons and torments his partner (Elena Anaya) in an operating theater in his basement.  The new teaser trailer drives the point home, packing plenty of disturb into thirty seconds.  The Skin I Live In will premiere later this month at the Cannes Film Festival -- where prior Almodovar movies All About My Mother and Volver have won awards -- before a theatrical release in November. Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo, and Teresa Manresa also star in the film, based on the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet.  Watch the trailer after the jump. Posted at Flix...

The working team of director Pedro Almodovar and actor Antonio Banderas was once potent, and while Mr. Almodovar has continued to make excellent films since their last pairing (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! in 1990), Antonio Banderas has been slowly defanged over many years. So their reunion was reason enough to celebrate. The fact that their first film together in 20 years, The Skin I Live In, is a very messed-up sounding story about a surgeon and his... unusual... relationships with women make it even more tantalizing. The film premieres very soon in Cannes and has a November release date planned via Sony Pictures Classics in the Us. Now there is a wildly creepy teaser, which you can see after the break. This one is either going to significantly increase your interest in seeing the film, or help that interest dissipate altogether. I don't know about you -- I expect some...

A few weeks ago, we got a new look at Pedro Almodóvar‘s The Skin I Live In through a series of enticing and unusual production stills. Today, the first footage was released from the film, in the form of a thirty-two second teaser trailer that fully reflects the obscurity and provocation of everything we’ve heard about the film to date. Based on Tarantula, a 2005 crime novel by Thierry Jonquet, The Skin I Live In will have its debut at this month’s Cannes Film Festival. [The Playlist]

The story, which you can read more about over at the novel’s Amazon page, tells “the story of a plastic surgeon carrying out a vendetta on the man who raped his daughter.” Frontlining the cast is Antonio Banderas; he will be supported by Elena Ayana, Marisa Paredes, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, and José Luis Gómez.

The Skin I Live In will hit theaters this November.

Thanks to the power of the internet, we’ve learned when we’ll be able to see The Skin I Live In, Take Shelter, The Cabin in the Woods and Man on a Ledge.

According to ThePlaylist, Broken Embraces director Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin I Live In, starring Antonio Banderas, will be getting a limited release from Sony Pictures Classics sometime in November. There isn’t an exact date, but it’s at least good to have a general idea of when we’ll be seeing the movie. Also starring Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa, the movie certainly looks interesting, and will be playing in competition at this year’s Cannes.

For those who want to know more, they’re in luck, as a plot synopsis has been released. That...

Two films set to take part in the festivities at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have finally found themselves dates for their theatrical premieres.

First up, while it hasn’t been given an exact date, Sony Pictures Classics has announced that their upcoming release of Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, will happen sometime during the month of November. Also, they have released a synopsis for the film, which will star Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. The film will also see the director re-team with his composer, Alberto Iglesias, cinematographer Jose Alcaine and editor Jose Salcedo.

Read more on Release Dates: The Skin I Live In, Take Shelter...

Aside from a series of increasingly creepy stills not much is known about Pedro Almodóvar‘s “The Skin I Live In” except that it's based on a pretty intense book by crime novelist Thierry Jonque‘s 2005 book, “Tarantula.” The film has a competition slot at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and with buzz continuing to build, Sony Pictures Classics set the film a rather plum and perhaps Oscar baiting release in November (an exact date hasn't been specified). The film stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi…...

One of the upcoming projects that definitely deserves our full attention is Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin I Live In.

Just in case you’re wondering why – first of all, the movie is scheduled to premiere In Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Second, we finally have some new images to share with you, and we’re sure you’re going to love it!

Creepy as you see, but Almodovar had already described the film as “a horror story without scream or frights.”

Based on Thierry Jonquet‘s novel Tarantula the movie tells the story of a surgeon who tries to save the life of his wife by creating a new skin.

Here’s a little description: “Since his wife perished burnt in a car crash, Dr Ledgard (Antonio Banderas), a well respected plastic surgeon, gets interested in the creation of a new type of skin that could have saved his wife.

The Skin I Live In Movie Photos have premiered. Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito (2011) stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, and Roberto Alamo. The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)’s plot synopsis: based on Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 book Tarantula, the film follows “a plastic surgeon’s revenge on the man who raped his daughter…this is a film that has a loathsome protagonist who, while seeking justice for his daughter, keeps his wife imprisoned and subjects her to humiliating sexual acts with strangers.” The extended synopsis for the book gives much away. There is more to this story than is in this post. If you want to read the full synopsis, you can find it here. We previously posted The Skin I Live In Teaser Poster. One of the photos is Nsfw so be mindful of that...

Sony Pictures Classics have released three new images from horror-drama The Skin That I Inhabit.

Directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (Volver), The Skin That I Inhabit stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Bárbara Lennie, Fernando Cayo and José Luis Gómez.

A plastic surgeon (Banderas) extracts revenge on the man who raped his daughter.

The Skin That I Inhabit will premiere next month at the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival, with a UK release to follow on November 18.

Check out the three new images below:

Source: Abando (via: The Playlist)...

Cannes 2011 begins in less than a month and sadly I will not be able to attend. However that won’t stop me from posting news from the movies to be screened at the event. Pedro Almodóvar‘s The Skin I Live In is up in competition slot and has quickly made it’s way up my list of most anticipated films of 2011. Some new images from the film arrived over at Bleeding Cool and they look spectacular.

The Skin I Live In stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. Longtime collaborato composer Alberto Iglesias, as well as Almodovar’s usual DoP Jose Luis Alcaine and editor José Salcedo are once again onboard.

The film is a revenge picture loosely based on crime novelist Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 book “Tarantula.” Almodóvar describes...

One of our most-anticipated Cannes competition titles is Pedro Almodóvar‘s The Skin I Live In. Based on the book Tarantula, by Thierry Jonquet, Antonio Banderas will play a disturbed plastic surgeon who seeks vengeance on the man who sexually assaulted his daughter. After the standard drama of Broken Embraces, I eagerly await to see the surprises Almodóvar has in store with this one.

The film also stars Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. Check out the stills below from Abando (via Bleeding Cool), tiger suits and all.

The Skin I Live In premieres at Cannes Film Festival this May and will hit theaters by the end of the year.

What do you think of the new stills?

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Several new creepy posters popped up on 3xtras (via The Playlist) for Pedro Almod&#243var's The Skin That I Inhabit, a revenge film based on crime novelist Thierry Jonquet's 2005 book, "Tarantula," about a plastic surgeon's revenge on the man who raped his daughter. Check out the posters below!

The film stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto &#193lamo, Blanca Su&#225rez, Eduard Fern&#225ndez, Jos&#233 Luis G&#243mez, B&#225rbara Lennie, Susi S&#225nchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the film and will release it later this year.

The Skin That I Inhabit comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, Fernando Cayo, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie. The film is directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

Pedro Almodóvar is heading to the Cannes Film Festival with his latest film The Skin That I Inhabit (La piel que habito) ready to screen. We posted one image before (seen above) but now the studio has released four new promotional photos for the picture which you can see below.

The film is a revenge picture loosely based on crime novelist Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 book “Tarantula.” Almodóvar describes his film as a “horror story without screams or shocks”. Almodóvar told the Spanish newspaper El Pais that the film is the “harshest he’s ever done and while it comes close to the terror genre, something that appeals to me that I’ve never done, I won’t respect any of its rules.”

Here’s a brief plot synopsis:

“The film follows a plastic surgeon’s revenge on the man who raped his daughter…this is a film that has a loathsome protagonist who,...

One of the most enticing films that may well play Cannes this year -- and, yes, one of the more frightening ones, too -- is Pedro Almodovar's reunion with Antonio Banderas, The Skin I Live In. The film is based on a novel called Tarantula that is nominally about a plastic surgeon who takes revenge upon the man who raped his daughter. But the novel sounds a lot more uncomfortable than a simple revenge film, because the surgeon also happens to keep his wife confined in their house, in which he forces her monthly into degrading sexual encounters with other men. Messed-up stuff, and definitely not what we've come to expect from Pedro Almodovar. We've seen one poster [1] for the film already that used a classic scientific illustration style to present one view of the film. Now there are some more posters, which position it much more explicitly as some sort of horror thriller.

The Skin That I Inhabit, based on Theirry Jonquet’s novel, “Tarantula,” has already secured U.S. distribution via Sony Pictures Classics and has hit the first full teaser poster via The Playlist.

“The Skin I Live In” (previously referred to as “The Skin I Live In”) is an upcoming Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas (reuniting after two decades with Almodóvar — Tie Me Up! Tie me Down!) and beautiful Elena Anaya (Van Helsing, Sex and Lucía). Almodóvar describes the film as

a horror story without screams or frights.”

The film concerns a plastic surgeon’s vengeance on the man who raped his daughter. But really, that’s just touching the surface. This is a film that has a hateful leading role who, while seeking justice for his daughter, keeps his wife jailed and subjects her to embarrassing sexual acts with strangers. The story also apparently features...

ThePlaylist have posted the first image of Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar’s new film The Skin That I Inhabit.

The Skin That I Inhabit is based on Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 crime novel Tarantula about a plastic surgeon’s (Banderas) revenge on the man who raped his daughter.

The film c0-stars a host of Spanish actors, including Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa.

Check out the first look image below:

The Skin That I Inhabit will be released by Sony Pictures Classics later this year.

As you can tell from the set pics, principal photography on La Piel Que Habito (aka The Skin I Live In) has officially begun. This is Pedro Almodóvar's eighteenth film to date. The film tells the story of a disturbing revenge plan led by a plastic surgeon, and a film adaptation of the Thierry Jonquet novel “Tarantula” and stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Roberto Álamo and Marisa Paredes. The three month shooting will take place first in Santiago de Compostela, in the north of Spain, moving thereafter to Pazo de Oca and finishing in Madrid and the whereabouts of Toledo. Almodóvar will count with a healthy budget of 10 million euros. Aside from technical aspects, new details on the plot have been revealed this weekend, El Deseo S.A, Almodóvar´s production company, released the following: “Since his wife perished burnt in a car crash, Dr Ledgard (Antonio Banderas), a well respected plastic surgeon,...

With a nearly three month shoot about to kick off on his next project, filmmaker Pedro Almodovar ("Volver," "Broken Embraces") has revealed a more thorough list of the cast that will make up the 10 million Euros-budgeted feature "The Skin I Live In" (La Piel Que Habito).

Joining the already cast Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya will be the likes of Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa reports Impre via Bleeding Cool.

Banderas will play a plastic surgeon bent on revenge against the men who raped his daughter. Almodovar describes his feature as bordering on an outright horror film.

It was announced earlier this year that Pedro Almodovar’s next film, The Skin I Live In, will see him reunite with his Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! star Antonio Banderas.

An adaptation of Thierry Jonquet’s novel Tarantula, The Skin I Live in will be a ‘horror-terror’ film.

When asked about the film by the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, Almodovar said,

The film will be a terror film, without screams or scares. It’s difficult to define and although it comes close to the terror genre — something that appeals to me that I’ve never done — I won’t respect any of its rules. It’s the harshest film I’ve ever written and Banderas’ character is brutal.

A press release, found on website La Raza [via BleedingCool], reveals the full cast and crew for The Skin I Live In. I’ve embedded this below:

Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya,...

By Charles Webb

Pedro Almodovar's latest has the potential to lure viewers in with the promise of the unraveling of a romantic-tragic mystery. And yes, part of the movie is concerned - as many of Almodovar's films are - with passion in its many forms and its unintended consequences. But the filmmaker's true interest this time out appears to be in reconstruction and rebuilding the past. And it is in exploring this theme that the filmmaker elevates the movie to a masterwork. 

<strong>Broken Embraces</strong> stars Lluís Homar as a blind screenwriter named Harry Caine who was once a sighted director named Mateo Blanco.  Those of you guessing the change has something to do with a beauty named Lena (Penélope Cruz) have been thankfully paying attention. In the present, Harry/Mateo is fairly content with his life, doted upon by his fiercely protective agent, Judit (Blanca Portillo) and her son Diego (Tamar Novas).

Then,...

Penélope Cruz, José Luis Gómez in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (Elephant Eye) (middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Los Angeles’ American Cinematheque will host the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s series of screenings devoted to the films and filmmakers nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign-Language Film. They are: Baaria (Italy) from Giuseppe Tornatore; Broken Embraces (Spain) from Pedro Almodóvar; The Maid (Chile) from Sebastian Silva; A Prophet (France) from Jacques Audiard; and The White Ribbon (Germany) from Michael Haneke. These films will each screen once between January 11 and 15 at either [...]...

Pedro Almodóvar dazzles again.

Penélope Cruz in "Broken Embraces"

Photo: Universal

Lena, Mateo and Ernesto are caught up in a vintage film-noir triangle. Lena (Penélope Cruz) is a willful beauty with a lurid secret. She lives in luxury with the much-older Ernesto (José Luis Gómez), a wealthy Madrid businessman, but is falling under the spell of Mateo (Lluís Homar), a celebrated movie director, who has cast her in his latest picture. Ernesto, possessive and ruthless, has arranged to become the film's producer, and has assigned his unstable son (Rubén Ochandiano) to shoot a video documentary about the making of it — footage that allows Ernesto, back in his mansion in Lena's increasing absences, to track her deepening relationship with Mateo.

Pedro Almodóvar's "Broken Embraces" is a rapt essay in film-noir atmosphere — the classic black-and-white fog of desperation, treachery and impending disaster — which has been translated here in carefully calibrated color.

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Pedro Almodóvar’s noirish (in color) Broken Embraces, which was screened in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, opens in New York City on November 20 and in Los Angeles on December 11. Broken Embraces star several Almodóvar alumni: Muse Penélope Cruz (a potential Oscar 2010 contender in the best actress category), Lluís Homar of Bad Education, Blanca Portillo and Lola Dueñas of Volver, Rossy de Palma of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and Chuz Lampeavre of just about everything Almodóvar has ever directed. Also: Rubén Ochandiano (of Che), Tamar Novas (of The Sea Inside), Carlos Leal (of Chef’s Special), and José Luis Gómez (of Goya’s Ghosts). Broken Embraces Trailer. Photos: © Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo, [...]...

See new clips from Sony Pictures Classics "Broken Embraces," starring Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Tamar Novas and Rubén Ochandiano. Pedro Almodóvar directs and writes the drama thriller. A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduces himself to his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can’t direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco...

Sony Pictures Classic has released domestic trailer for Pedro Almodovar’s latest film “Broken Embraces” (”Los abrazos rotos“).

“Broken Embraces” synopsis: A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life.

This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduces himself to his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can’t direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco died on Lanzarote with his beloved Lena. In the present day, Harry Caine lives thanks to the scripts he writes and to the help...