![]() The man cared for his wife until her death, despite of knowing that she cheated on him and tried to run away with a guy she just met. On the surface, Robert seems to be a doting husband. When opportunity strikes, she does not hesitate and kills him. As Vera, she lures Robert with her new found “female charms”. Although, Vicente starts as a heterosexual man in the story, he eventually assumes another identity. On the other hand, Vicente fears Robert but has to seduce him in order to escape. As a result, the plastic surgeon resorts to all kinds of torture to punish his prisoner, including changing his sex and ultimately, his gender too. Robert hates Vicente but won’t let him die. The protagonists of “The Skin I Live In” (Robert and Vera/Vicente) share a very complex relationship dynamic. In the end, Vera kills Robert and returns to her mother. She understood Robert’s obsession for his late wife and used it as an opportunity to escape. The ending of “The Skin I Live In” shows that unlike Robert, Vera never developed romantic feelings for her kidnapper. ![]() The Ending of “The Skin I Live In” Explained As a form of punishment, Robert performed a vaginoplasty on Vicente and renamed him Vera. Plot Twist: Vera is actually Vicente, the young man who Robert believes raped his daughter (Norma) many years ago. Robert has been using her as his “guinea pig” to test his latest creation, an artificial skin resistant to damage. “The Skin I Live” tells the story of a plastic surgeon (Robert Ledgard) who is holding a young woman captive (Vera) in his house. ![]() Today’s opinions are solely based on the film, not the novel. The film is based on a novel named Tarantula written by Thierry Jonquet. ![]() This post includes an explanation about the ending of the 2011 film “The Skin I Live In”.ĭirected by Pedro Almodóvar, The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito (2011) is a psychological thriller starring Antonio Banderas as Robert Ledgard and Elena Anaya as Vera. ![]()
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