Segunda piel (1999)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Gerardo Vera

Writers:

Ángeles González Sinde (writer)
Gerardo Vera (idea)

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Un triangulo diferente

Plot:

Al enamorarnos, apostamos. Y es un juego demasiado íntimo para asimilar con facilidad el fracaso. Elena...

Plot Keywords:

Affair | Doctor | Gay Interest | Coming Out | Husband Wife Relationship

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Javier Bardem	...	Diego
Jordi Mollà	...	Alberto García
Ariadna Gil	...	Elena
Cecilia Roth	...	Eva
Mercedes Sampietro	...	María Elena
Javier Albalá	...	Rafael
Adrian Sac	...	Adrián
Cristina Espinosa	...	Ana Mari
Pilar Castro	...	Neus
Ramiro Alonso	...	Oriol
Silvia Espigado	...	Ingeniera
Carmen Grey	...	Enfermera
Ángela Rosal	...	Tomasa
Luis B. Santiago	...	Aitor
Christian Queipo	...	Luis

Also Known As:

Second Skin (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and some language. (edited version)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:R (edited version)

Company:

Antena 3 Televisión

Movie Connections:

Features El sueño del mono loco (1989)

Second skin or true skin?

A classic triangle movie with a married couple and a male lover in-between, only this time it's not the wife but the husband who's cheating with another man. Hot sexual male scenes makes this film a must by gay viewers when Spanish cinema is currently leading this matter. Though, it is a bit TV plot based on a true story, and it has rarely been seen on cinema, doesn't necessarily mean that it cannot be done. In fact, the quality that makes this particular movie a good piece of art and so worth watch it, is that it's portrayed as an archetype of a modern life situation that happen to occur more often than one could suspect. The husband's unwillingness and incapableness to find his true nature, constantly lying to his wife and his lover, has driven those last characters to despair in understanding and helping the man they love but who they don't know. The wife, never suspected that her lack of involvement in their relationship could endanger her marriage at the point of seeing her husband seeking for an affair. As for the gay lover, the fact that his present companion has afraid to be seen in public with him, like two lovers rather than two friends, hurts him badly because he accepts his own nature. The intriguing excuses of Alberto, the husband, makes them reacting towards him trying to solve the puzzle that he consists, when the easy way out of the situation is right near them (like when the wife cannot enjoy being with another man when she has the opportunity or the lover won't accept his female colleague to help getting over him). Three persons portrayed in their interior (the opening credits with the x-rays is one of the most beautiful openings I've seen lately) with their emotions thickening as the film passes. The players of this movie are excellent, particularly Ariadna Gil, the wife. What disappointed me were the last fifteen minutes in which seems that the writer and director of this movie were replaced by others who didn't know what was done before, leaving the ending so pathetic and inconclusive. Still, it is good to watch it.