Such is the dilemma facing Elena (Ariadna Gil) in Gerardo Vera's smartly sophisticated take on the perennial love triangle. Though the couple are devoted to their young son, married life has grown a little stale. Alberto has met a charming orthopaedic surgeon, Diego (Javier Bardem), and they've been having increasingly heated trysts.

Inevitably Elena finds out and as Alberto tries to clarify the feelings he has for these two people in his life, Elena grows more and more despondent.

"The story of Second Skin comes at a very special point in my life," says director Vera. "These are things I needed to tell, things that were part of me, things I still remember..."

Owen Levy