The suave and brilliant scientist and surgeon Robert had a tragic life. He is the child of a maid, but he never knew it; his wife eloped with his half-brother, jumped off a building after being disfigured in a car accident; his daughter was frightened and went insane; He studies day and night in order to help his wife with plastic surgery, but the academic world does not allow genetic modification and human experiments. This series of dominoes of doom followed, and anyone else would collapse. No longer perish in silence, but pervert in silence. He turned into a terrifying Frankenstein, caught the guy who tried to rape her daughter, castrated the sex change for a tooth for a tooth, then transplanted a skin for a living experiment, changed his face to mourn his deceased wife, and finally imprisoned him and deprived him of his freedom. However, after a series of crazy actions, he is hopelessly in love with this "masterpiece" with his wife's face and perfect skin. Tragedy is doomed.
This is the most bizarre revenge story I've seen since the Korean movie "Old Boy". Humans can really do anything for revenge. Such a heavy theme is obviously very suitable for Pedro Almodóvar's taste, and his narrative method of many interludes makes the mystery only revealed at the end, which also makes the film full of suspense and tension. In such a shocking plot, I think the deep-seated themes are less important. Of course, as in the past, the director is still discussing his identity: although Vicente has changed his face and even his status has been changed, he is still the young man who is eager to go out, and he still likes the one in his mother's shop. Gay female workers (the "two of them" are finally together). As the director himself said, "Science is not the entrance. The continuation of the soul and the self-identity of existence cannot be manipulated by anything."
It premiered at Cannes, but nothing came of it. Nominated for a Golden Globe, but didn't win.
The heroine is very similar to Li Ruotong.
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