Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) (2009)

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Directed by

Pedro Almodóvar

Starring (View all)

Penélope Cruz
Lena

Lluís Homar
Mateo Blanco / Harry Caine

Blanca Portillo
Judit García

José Luis Gómez
Ernesto Martel

Rubén Ochandiano
Ray X

Tamar Novas
Diego

Ángela Molina
Madre de Lena

Chus Lampreave
Portera

Written by

Pedro Almodóvar

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Metalinguístico ou autoindulgente?

14 years, 11 months ago at Dec 16 23:04

Nathalia Montecristo

Harry Caine nasce depois do acidente em que Mateo Blanco perde um grande amor e a visão; o pseudônimo roteirista ocupa por completo a vida do diretor por catorze anos até que seu passado o reencontre e Mateo possa tocar a imagem de sua amada. Poético, grandioso, Almodovar.

Repetitivo ou fiel ao seu estilo dividem os que reduzem “Los Abrazos Rotos”(2009) como não sendo a m... read more

A good movie

11 years, 3 months ago at Aug 18 21:32

johanlefourbe

It had been many years since I saw a movie directed by Pedro Almodovar but within a few minutes, I was completely sucked in his world. Indeed, during the first scene, you have the main character, a blind screen-writer, who manages to have sex with a total stranger who happens to be an insanely good looking blond woman. This and the voice-over set you right away in the right mood for the rest of th... read more

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Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie

Release date: 18 March 2009

Tags: 2009 (10), Spanish (10), Drama (9), 2000s (9), Spain (8), Thriller (5), Romance (5), Revenge (4), Blindness (3), Jealousy (3), Filmmaking (2), Obsession (2), Madrid (2), Penelope Cruz (2), Author (2), Love (2), Cannes Competition (1), 127 Min (1), Pedro Almodovar (1), Must See (1)

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"First viewing - May 21st Another outstanding film from Almodovar, one I so enjoyed that after it ended I added a bunch of his other films that I hadn't already planned to watch this month to my list (and by the end of the month I'd watched all but one). I dug the cast and the story and just everything about it. I'd gladly watch it again. Just a thought: I really want someone to make the werewolf film the characters came up with. And on a related note, I dig how Almodovar keeps talking about an"