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Broken Embraces (DVD, 2010)

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After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodovar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodovar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATIONÆs Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life after he loses his love (Cruz) and his sight in a car crash.

Product Identifiers

ProducerAgustin Almodovar

EAN5060002836583

eBay Product ID (ePID)73294958

Product Key Features

ActorAngela Molina, Kiti Manver, Lluis Homar, Carlos Leal, Ruben Ochandiano, Chus Lampreave, Rossy De Palma, Blanca Portilla, Lola Duenas, Tamar Novas, Penelope Cruz

Film/TV TitleBroken Embraces

DirectorPedro Almodovar

LanguageSpanish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time124 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2010

FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureSpain

ReviewsRolling Stone - Cruz exudes a sensual aura of mystery that holds you spellbound. And Almod≤var, a true poet of cinema, creates images -- horrifying and healing -- that live inside your head like a waking dream. You want to miss a movie like that? I didnÆt think so., USA Today - As a film that pays tribute to vintage '50s Hollywood, Broken Embraces is a visual delight., The New York Times - Broken Embraces leaves the viewer in a contradictory state, a mixture of devastation and euphoria, amusement and dismay that deserves its own clinical designation. Call it Almod≤varia, a syndrome from which some of us are more than happy to suffer., The Wall Street Journal - Mr. Almod≤var's love of movies informs every frame of this beautiful film., Chicago Sun-Times - A voluptuary of a film, drunk on primary colors, caressing Penelope Cruz, using the devices of a Hitchcock to distract us with surfaces while the sinister uncoils beneath., Variety - Held together by the extraordinary force of Almodovar's cinematic personality, Empire - Gorgeous and seductive, if pitched at Almod≤var fans and perhaps a touch long. Those drawn by CruzÆs divadom will wonder why it takes so long to get to her -- though she is wholly dazzling when it does.

Additional InformationA follow-up to Spanish enfant terrible Pedro Almod≤var's 2006 arthouse sensation VOLVER, LOS ABRAZOS ROTOSfinds the filmmaker re-teaming with actress PenΘlope Cruz and working on a canvas much broader than those of his previous outings, in terms of genres covered, narrative scope, and duration. Lluφs Homar stars as the former Mateo Blanco, a screenwriter and ex-director who changed his name to Harry Caine after losing his sight in an automobile accident. A past scandal suddenly resurfaces when the news arrives that the producer of one of Harry's old movies ('Girls And Suitcases'), a corrupt stockbroker named Ernesto Martel (JosΘ Luis G≤mez), has died. For mysterious reasons, this makes Harry's ex-production manager Judit (Blanca Portillo) nervous; then Ernesto's son, Ray X (RubΘn Ochandiano), turns up and asks Harry to help him write a vindictive script to get back at his vile father. The film subsequently flashes back to the early '90s, when Martel became involved with his secretary, Lena (Cruz), but Mateo also began to develop feelings for her, and auditioned her for 'Girls And Suitcases'. In response to Mateo's interest in Lena (and her burgeoning interest in him), the jealous Martel commissioned Ray to make a documentary about the making of 'Girls And Suitcases' as an excuse to spy on the director and star. This enabled him to watch Mateo spiriting off with Lena right under his nose, and set the stage for the wily producer's elaborate revenge against Mateo.

ScreenwriterPedro Almodovar

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleBroken Embraces

Consumer AdviceContains strong language, sex and hard drug references

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