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Spain 1999 / 35 mm / Color / 106 min. | |||
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Elena is aware that the cooling of her marriage is not a temporary state of affairs. Alberto, a young aerospace engineer, appears to have taken the first step towards its breakup. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, but he feels confused and he seems to have lost his sentimental bearings. Although he loves his wife and young son, he knows that his feelings for Diego are not just sexual. Diego is an orthopedic surgeon at a private clinic and he's incapable of leading a double life. When he falls in love it's all or nothing. Elena gets wind of her husband's unfaithfulness by a hotel invoice in his dry-cleaning. She confronts Alberto who confesses that he cheated -- but not with whom. At a beachside medical convention Alberto meets Diego's boss, Eva, who has a soft spot for her employee. Elena, meanwhile, isn't about to give up that easily on Alberto. She assesses the situation coolly, allows herself to dabble in an affair and afterwards puts all her cards on the table. Now it's Alberto who has to make some hard choices. Intense, well-played... SECOND SKIN starts out slow but ends up engaging both heart and mind. -- Jonathan Holland (Variety) |
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| Script: �ngeles Gonz�lez-Sinde. Phot.: Julio Madurga. Ed.: Nick Wentworth. Mus.: Roque Ba�os. Cast: Javier Bardem, Jordi Moll�, Ariadna Gil, Cecilia Roth, Javier Albal�, Adri�n Sac, Mercedes Sampietro. Prod.: Andr�s Vicente G�mez, Lolafilms, c/Vel�squez, 12, 7�, 28001 Madrid (Espagne), t�l.: (34-91) 431 57 69, fax: (34-91) 435 95 71, e-mail: [email protected]. Sales: Menemsha Entertainment, 1157 South Beverly Drive, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90035 (�tats-Unis), t�l.: (310) 712-3720, fax: (310) 277-6602, e-mail: [email protected]. | |||
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Gerardo Vera Born in Madrid in 1947, Gerardo Vera majored in stage and costume design at the London School of Arts and subsequently worked as a costume designer at the Royal Opera House. He has worked as a production and costume designer for both stage and screen since the late '80s. Among the film directors he has collaborated with are Carlos Saura, Manuel Guti�rrez Arag�n and Fernando Trueba. We was awarded a Goya from the Spanish film academy for his work in Trueba's LA NI�A DE TUS OJOS (1998). He made his directorial debut in 1990 with a television film, LA OTRA HISTORIA DE ROSENDO JU�REZ, and followed that with UNA MUJER BAJO LA LLUVIA (1992) and LA CELESTINA (1996). |