▁for ▁both ▁the ▁B AF TA ▁Award ▁and ▁Golden ▁Glo be ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Foreign ▁Language ▁Film . ▁ ▁The ▁Sk in ▁I ▁Live ▁In ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁ ▁Lo os ely ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁French ▁novel ▁Tar ant ula ▁by ▁Th ier ry ▁Jon quet , ▁The ▁Sk in ▁I ▁Live ▁In ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁is ▁the ▁director ' s ▁first ▁inc urs ion ▁into ▁the ▁psych ological ▁horror ▁genre ▁In sp ired ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁own ▁horror ▁film , ▁The ▁Sk in ▁I ▁Live ▁In ▁revol ves ▁around ▁a ▁pl astic ▁sur geon , ▁Robert ▁( Ant onio ▁B ander as ), ▁who ▁becomes ▁obs essed ▁with ▁creating ▁skin ▁that ▁can ▁with stand ▁burn s . ▁Ha unted ▁by ▁past ▁tra ged ies , ▁Robert ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁his ▁research ▁is ▁the ▁patient ▁who ▁he ▁myster iously ▁keeps ▁prisoner ▁in ▁his ▁m ansion . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁marked ▁a ▁long - await ed ▁re union ▁between ▁Al mod ó var ▁and ▁Antonio ▁B ander as , ▁reun ited ▁after ▁ 2 1 ▁years . ▁Pen é lo pe ▁Cruz ▁was ▁initially ▁sl ated ▁for ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁capt ive ▁patient ▁V era ▁Cruz , ▁but ▁she ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁take ▁part ▁as ▁she ▁was ▁pre gn ant ▁with ▁her ▁first ▁child . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁El ena ▁An aya , ▁who ▁had ▁appeared ▁in ▁T alk ▁to ▁Her , ▁was ▁cast . ▁ ▁The ▁Sk in ▁I ▁Live ▁In ▁has