The power of this interior journey lies in the light and shade of its twin performances.

Moving deftly between the Nineties and the Noughties, writer-director Pedro Almodóvar explores the recent past to explain the workings of the present.

A distinguished plastic surgeon invents an artificial, highly resilient skin that he tests on a mysterious woman.

Director Pedro Almodóvar has poured himself into an intimate, unflashy, semi-autobiographical accounting of the ageing process.