The Skin I Live In

La piel que habito

Did Norma suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder? What about Vicente? How might you diagnose Robert? Would you recommend conversion therapy or another round of sex reassignment surgery for Vicente?

Plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Ledgard: "Vera, I’ve brought you some opium." (0:08)

Vera Cruz tells Robert, “If you don’t end it, I will.”
Robert: "If you’d wanted to kill yourself..." (0:09)

Robert tells the society president, "That was my wife’s name. She was burned to death in a car crash." 
President: ”You’re insane...” 
Robert: ”Don’t worry...” (0:14)

His colleague Fulgencio tells Robert, ”... It seemed like a dream then.” 
”... Your patients will be delighted.” (0:16)

Robert tells Vera, "Now I’m going to light this opium pipe and smoke it." (0:19)

His mother Marilia tells Robert, referring to Vera, "If you don’t kill her, she’ll kill herself..." 
Robert: ”... Vera is stronger...” (0:22)

Marilia tells her son Zeca, "... We’ve got loads of patients..." 
Referring to Robert: ”... he’ll give you a lethal injection...” 
”You’re raving mad...” (0:26)

Marilia tells Zeca, "That’s to fool people, idiot." (0:32)

Zeca tells Vera, "... It used to drive you crazy." 
Vera: ”... It drives me crazy.” 
Zeca: ”... You’re distracting me.” (0:35)

Vera lights a pipe. 
Marilia tells Vera, referring to Robert and Zeca, ”... both were born insane... I’ve got insanity in my entrails.” (0:37)

Marilia tells Vera, referring to Zeca, "... When he was seven, he started transporting drugs..." 
Referring to Robert and Gal: ”... He watched intoxicated... a madman’s love can do... she got emotional... she got emotional... threw herself out the window... through the window.” (0:39)

Robert tells Vera, "Don’t worry..." (0:45)

Vicente Guillén Piñeiro tells clerk Cristina, "... I’ve got pills to get you in the mood." 
A man tells Vicente's store manager mother, “... To be honest...” (0:53)

A partier tells the others, "You’re all stoners." (0:55)

Vicente asks Norma, "Are you stoned?" 
Norma: ”Stoned?” 
”... Cipralex... Deprax... Trankimazin. I don’t take any Rohypnol now. And Lyrica, of course.” 
Vicente: ”... I’m high as hell too.” 
Norma: ”High?” 
”... All these clothes give me claustrophobia...” 
”Are you in treatment too?” 
Vicente strikes Norma’s face, rendering her unconscious. (0:56)

Vicente tells Cristina,"I haven’t taken anything in a week." (1:01)

Vicente asks Robert, "... Are you crazy?" 
”Are you crazy?...” 
Robert shoots Vicente with a tranquilizer dart, rendering him unconscious. (1:03)

Vicente regains consciousness. (1:04)

Sign: "NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE" 
Robert visits Norma in her hospital room. (1:08)

Her psychiatrist tells Robert, referring to Norma, "But she doesn’t recognize you..." 
”She identifies you with the rapist...” 
”She was getting over her social phobia...” (1:09)

Burial of Norma
Robert tells the doctor, ”... report... you... for homicidal negligence.” 
Robert tells a colleague, ”I couldn’t sleep...” (1:14)

Vicente tells Robert, "My mother will be very worried..." 
Robert: ”My daughter is dead. We buried her today.” 
Robert renders Vicente unconscious with a volatile anesthetic. (1:15)

Robert tells the others, "... It’s a particularly confidential case." (1:18)

Robert tells Vicente, "... don’t worry..." (1:20)

Robert tells Vicente, referring to Norma, "... She was the child you raped." 
”Have you lost your memory?” (1:22)

Vicente, now in a woman’s body, tells Robert, "... I’ll slit my throat." 
Vicente cuts his throat, but Roberto saves him. (1:26)

Marilia tells Robert, "... when Norma died... to throw herself out the window." (1:33)

Robert tells Marilia, "... It’s to monitor a patient..." 
Marilia: ”Are there more patients?” (1:33)

Title: "Opium helps me forget." (1:36)

Robert asks Vera, "... did I dream it?" 
Vera: ”You didn’t dream it...” (1:38)

Fulgencio tells Robert, "... there’s no reason to worry." 
”... Our main patients love the isolation here.” (1:40)

Fulgencio tells Robert, referring to Vicente, "... We gave him a sex change..." 
”... without hormones.” (1:42)

Vicente (as Vera) tells Cristina, "... They gave me a sex change..." (1:51)