A teenager who went missing and was presumed dead returns home after eight years to find a family deeply affected by his disappearance. Gradually, doubts arise about whether he really is the missing boy or an impostor.
Acting
Emma Suárez devastates as a mother choosing belief over doubt.
Direction
Dual directors create unease through what's unseen, not shown.
Writing
Refuses easy answers—ambiguity as narrative weapon.
Director
Isaki Lacuesta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The directors drew from real European cases of missing children reappearing, particularly the 1994 French case of Grégory Villemin, though they fictionalized the ambiguity.
The title refers to emotional 'skins' we grow—Gabriel wears Léo's trauma while Ana grows a protective layer of willful blindness.
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