ComedyFan2010 A very well done movie about a lost child coming home after many years. It is written in a very good way that keeps up a mystery. We wonder if Leo is Gabriel or not. And it can be because he is lying or maybe because just like the mother he recognizes it because he wishes to have a family. Besides that we have to wonder what happened with his father. The scenery is fitting for the movie. Dark and melancholy it keeps up the mood.The movie depends on acting. And it sure doesn't disappoint. All of the actors were amazing in their performance. Àlex Monner does a great job. We see this tough looking teenager but we also see the lost kid inside coping with the past, memories, adapting and questioning who he is. Emma Suárez as Ana rightfully won an award for her performance. She is the one who has no doubts. We can see her awkwardness in the beginning trying to get the son back in and also the happiness she feels. The two have a great chemistry and make the relationship of two people looking for family and finding each other (whether we at the moment believe that he is Gabriel or not) very believable.Watching this kind of made me hope that in reality people have mandatory blood tests before being reintroduced to avoid all the pain and worries the characters have in the movie.

shivasitaraman really loved the way this film built up to the ending. All the cast was great and like many a Spanish movie, this did not disappoint. Highly recommend this movie. I wonder if these are other movies with Alex Monner in the lead. He brought out the anguish of the character without overdoing it!

smithellie1966 I have just watched it on Netflix. I've yet to name a Spanish movie that I did not really like. May be it was "Leaving" (2009), Partir (original title), which I think is an exception, for Sergi López was a miscast. Everyone's acting in The Next Skin, including Sergi López were very good. I was really impressed with Àlex Monner performance. The film kept me engaged from the first minute through the very end. The tension was building up nicely and kept me guessing what the next scene was going to bring. I deeply cared about the characters. The ending was totally different from what I thought it would be. Overall The Next skin is a nicely made film I recommend to watch.