The film premiered on 19 May 2011 in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . Due to developments in the industry of film distribution , El Deseo decided to abandon their previous release strategy for Almodóvar 's works . The director 's films had in the past usually been released in Spanish theatres in the spring and internationally during the last quarter of the year . '' The Skin I Live In '' was released worldwide in the autumn . The British release was 26 August 2011 through 20th Century Fox . In Spain it premiered on 2 September 2011 . The film was released in the United States on 14 October the same year in a limited run through Sony Pictures Classics following its American premiere at the 49th New York Film Festival on 12 October 2011
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
The Skin I Live In