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Based on the Japanese novel by Yûsuke Kishi, the film stars Hwang Jeong-min (A Bittersweet Life) as Jeon Jun-oh; a former banker who has just started work as an insurance investigator. He receives a call, on his first day, from a woman asking if it’s possible to claim on her life insurance policy if suicide is the cause of death. He breaks the company’s golden rule of exposing personal details to a client and informs her of a tragic moment from his past that involved suicide; she thanks him and he continues on with his day thinking he saved someone’s life.
The next day he receives a request from a policy holder, unknown to him, to come to their house and discuss their policy. Upon arrival he’s met by the owner Park Chung-bae (Kang Shin-il – Silmido), once inside he asks Jeon if he will go and check on his son, when opening the boy’s bedroom door he discovers him hanged – an apparent suicide. The family are quick to cash-in on their life insurance on the seven year-old. Jeon, disturbed by all of this, sets out to prove that this was no suicide.
Events soon spiral out of control and he finds himself and his wife, Mina (Kim Seo-hyeong) in danger from Park; but Jeon is determined to get to the truth and save Park’s suffering wife Shin (Yoo Seon – The Wig) from this psycho. But the truth is far more shocking than first thought… Continue reading »
Synopis: Dr. Robert Ledgard is a driven plastic surgeon haunted by personal tragedies. After many years of trial and error, he finally perfects a new skin – a shield which could have prevented the death of his wife in an accident years earlier. His latest “guinea pig” is a mysterious captive whose true identity masks a shocking mystery. THE SKIN I LIVE IN is a masterful tale of secrets, obsession and revenge from Oscar-winning writer/director Pedro Almodovar.
