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Broken Embraces (2009)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama

Release Date

November 20, 2009 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

R

Duration

128 min.

Production Budget

$18 millions

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Official Site

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REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

Pedro Almodovar

Producer

Agustin Almodovar

Screenwriter

Pedro Almodovar

Starring

  • Penelope Cruz as Lena
  • Blanca Portillo
  • Lluis Homar
  • Jose Luis Gomez
  • Angela Molina
  • Rossy de Palma

Movie Story


"Broken Embraces" is a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nicholas Ray's "In a Lonely Place" and Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful," with signature Almodovar themes such as Fate, the mystery of creation, guilt, unscrupulous power, the eternal search of fathers for sons, and sons for fathers.

A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash that cost him not only his sight, but also Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works and film scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, there’s only Harry Caine left, and he’s in the process of curing the incurable wound by finding a new love. The latest film by Spain’s most famous contemporary filmmaker also stars Penelope Cruz in one of the most ravishing roles of her career.

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Penelope Cruz stars as Lena and Lluis Homar stars as Mateo Blanco / Harry Caine in Sony Pictures Classics' Broken Embraces (2009)
Penelope Cruz stars as Lena and Jose Luis Gomez stars as Ernesto Martel in Sony Pictures Classics' Broken Embraces (2009)

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..see Broken Embraces...twice..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
“..Pedro Almodovar's sizzlingly sexy film noir..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
“..another movie about movies, and not one that reflects film obsession through a prism of something more lyrical and profound..”
by Jesse Hassenger [Filmcritic.com]