A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
The film's central conflict critiques the profound violation of bodily autonomy and identity through forced gender reassignment and the abuse of scientific power, aligning its dominant themes with progressive values concerning individual rights and ethical boundaries.
The movie utilizes traditional casting, consistent with its setting and the director's typical approach, without explicit DEI-driven character changes. However, the narrative critically examines the actions of a male protagonist whose abuse of power and control leads to profound violations of identity, portraying these traditional male characteristics in a distinctly negative light.
The film depicts a cisgender man being forcibly gender-transitioned as a form of extreme revenge and torture. This transformation is presented as a horrific violation, leading to profound suffering and loss of identity for the protagonist. The narrative uses gender change as a central instrument of dehumanization and imprisonment, resulting in a problematic portrayal.
The character Vicente Guillén, canonically male in the source novel "Mygale," is portrayed on screen as female (Vera Cruz) for a significant portion of the film after undergoing a forced gender transformation, which is a central plot element.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Skin I Live In" is an adaptation of the novel "Mygale" by Thierry Jonquet. All major characters, as depicted in the source material and portrayed in the film, maintain a consistent racial identity, primarily white. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race is portrayed as a different race.
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