The Skin I Live In
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:18 pm
I just watched The Skin I Live In for the first time, after buying the Blu-Ray something like five years ago [my turn-around on watching things is very slow lmao]. It's kind of impossible to talk about this film without giving away a major twist, and so this is a MASSIVE spoiler warning. Also, major content warning for two very graphic and long rape scenes.
Do not read if you want to see the movie without knowing all of the twists!
Ok, The Skin I Live In is basically "What if late-period David Cronenberg directed a forced feminization film". Except it was directed by Pedro Almodovar, himself a very talented director [but it's not nearly as flamboyant as many of his other films]. The film is about a plastic surgeon who gets revenge on a guy who rapes his daughter by turning him into a replica of his dead wife. This even includes a scene where the surgeon [played by Antonio Banderas] shows the guy how to use a dilator after giving him a vaginoplasty. The surgeon also gives her a new name, Vera.
The film is very horny. It's probably not as hot as the best forced feminization erotica you've ever read, but it's pretty close to the most you'll see out of a big budget film for a very long time. I personally found the scene towards the end where Vera defends Banderas from the other surgeon very hot. Of course, there's a reversal immediately after that, but during that brief moment where you think she's fully aware of her past and has completely accepted her new life . . . wow, it's surprisingly effective.
Early in the film we meet a hot lesbian character named Cristina, and I chuckled to myself thinking "wow, what if she ends up dating Vera at the end of the movie" and I WAS SURPRISED HOW CLOSE MY HORNY PREDICTION WAS! They don't officially end up together in the narrative, but the door is very open.
Anyways, forced feminization stuff aside, the film is still very good. The gradual buildup and revealing of information to the viewer is amazing, there are many suspenseful moments in the film, and even aside from the big feminization reveal there are still a lot of uncertainties that will keep you guessing as you watch the movie.
I highly recommend seeing this one.
Do not read if you want to see the movie without knowing all of the twists!
Ok, The Skin I Live In is basically "What if late-period David Cronenberg directed a forced feminization film". Except it was directed by Pedro Almodovar, himself a very talented director [but it's not nearly as flamboyant as many of his other films]. The film is about a plastic surgeon who gets revenge on a guy who rapes his daughter by turning him into a replica of his dead wife. This even includes a scene where the surgeon [played by Antonio Banderas] shows the guy how to use a dilator after giving him a vaginoplasty. The surgeon also gives her a new name, Vera.
The film is very horny. It's probably not as hot as the best forced feminization erotica you've ever read, but it's pretty close to the most you'll see out of a big budget film for a very long time. I personally found the scene towards the end where Vera defends Banderas from the other surgeon very hot. Of course, there's a reversal immediately after that, but during that brief moment where you think she's fully aware of her past and has completely accepted her new life . . . wow, it's surprisingly effective.
Early in the film we meet a hot lesbian character named Cristina, and I chuckled to myself thinking "wow, what if she ends up dating Vera at the end of the movie" and I WAS SURPRISED HOW CLOSE MY HORNY PREDICTION WAS! They don't officially end up together in the narrative, but the door is very open.
Anyways, forced feminization stuff aside, the film is still very good. The gradual buildup and revealing of information to the viewer is amazing, there are many suspenseful moments in the film, and even aside from the big feminization reveal there are still a lot of uncertainties that will keep you guessing as you watch the movie.
I highly recommend seeing this one.