Golden Globes: The Skin I Live In, The Flowers of War nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations are official and FilmNation has two films in competion:

Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito) is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. Currently In Release in many territories, Skin stars Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya.

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault.

In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig…

Yimou Zhang's The Flowers of War (Jing Ling Shi San Chai) is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. Flowers, which premiered in China last week and opens December 23rd in the US, stars Christian Bale.

The year is 1937 and the Chinese city of Nanking is aflame. As the final pockets of Chinese resistance are crushed, the Japanese relentlessly advance. Driven from their homes, thousands flood the streets, desperate to flee the city.

In the chaos we meet a group of Chinese schoolgirls trying to make it to the safety of their church, John (Bale), a civilian trying to escape the city with his life, and a band of colorful young courtesans seeking refuge. When fate throws them together at the cathedral in the heart of the city, they form an unlikely alliance under the most extreme of circumstances.

Bale delivers a towering performance as the conflicted American who, when given the chance to flee, dons the robes of a priest and vows to defend the innocent schoolgirls in his charge. As the danger outside spills into the church and the extreme becomes the impossible, only an act of grace will keep them safe. Based on true events, Heroes of Nanking takes us on an epic journey to the soaring heights of the human spirit.

The first of its kind, The Flowers Of War is one of the most significant productions in the history of international cinema. This sweeping, intensely emotional tale of valor promises to entrance audiences the world over.