For years Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) has been keeping a female patient named Vera (Elena Anaya) locked in his estate. Regularly doping her up with opium and using surveillance cameras to watch every move his prisoner makes. The doctor, along with his head servant, Marilia (Marisa Paredes), controls every aspect of Vera’s life, as she is a test subject for a controversial experiment.

Dr. Ledgard, a world class plastic surgeon, has been using transgenesis – the use of foreign genes in a living subject – to create the perfect synthetic skin that cannot be damaged. But who exactly is Vera and how did she end up in Dr. Ledgard’s hands? The truth is more horrifying than you can imagine.

Release Date:  October 14, 2011 (Limited)

Genre:  Drama

Director: Pedro Almodovar

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez

Running Time: 120 minutes

Rating: Rated R for disturbing violent content including sexual assault, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use.

Compiled by Martin Bishop

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