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Broken Embraces
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
R
2009
2h 7m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
7.2
82%
75%
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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.
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Cast of Broken Embraces
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
Lena's Mother
Chus Lampreave
Concierge
Kiti Mánver
Madame Mylene
Lola Dueñas
Lip Reader
Mariola Fuentes
Edurne
Carmen Machi
Chon
Kira Miró
Model
Rossy de Palma
Julieta
Alejo Sauras
Álex
Carlos Sampedro
Ramón Pons
Lena's Father
Coté Soler
Marta Aledo
Maribel
Carlos Leal
Chema Ruiz
Dr. Blasco
Dani Martín
Ray X's Boyfriend
Jöns Pappila
Javi Coll
Luis
Juan Bautista Cucarella
Lyng Dyrup
Enrique Aparicio
Enrique Vargas
Viviana Espinoza
Fernando Lueches
Montador de Avid
Fernando Iglesias
Javier Giner
Camello
Carlos García Cambero
Bina Daigeler
Agustín Almodóvar
Gardener / Producer
Esther García
Producer
Karola Sánchez
Production Assistant
Yuyi Beringola
Cinearte Receptionist (uncredited)
José Coromina
Man Walking the Dog and Greeting Lena's Mother (uncredited)
Sergio Díaz
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Jaime Fernández-Cid Buscató
Vecino Enrollado Bar (uncredited)
Pedro Almodóvar
Director / Writer
Broken Embraces Ratings & Reviews
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
... Broken Embraces is a well-written story of a love so precious it hurt.
Film Comment Magazine
Andrew Chan
Though the film offers nothing new for the eyes, its wordiness ultimately acts as a complement rather than a drawback to Almodóvar's masterful storytelling.
Detroit News
Tom Long
While it may not be Almodóvar's greatest work, it still stands well above most other films in terms of intrigue, intelligence and innovation.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This melancholy romance is the first Almodovar feature I've ever really liked, an expertly fashioned melodrama that steers mercifully clear of his usual puckishness and star-mongering.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The experience can be heady and delirium-provoking, but hey, that's cinema for you.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Stylish and sly, an engaging exercise that gives us less than meets the eye.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The filmmaker kept me continually off balance, my laughs having to find their way through a shower of tears all while the unyielding tension of the central mystery kept my insides twisting into tighter and tighter knots.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
It all adds up to an entertaining mash of suspense and melodrama.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
As long as Almodovar keeps investing such thought and energy in his work, he can play with whatever themes he desires.
Arizona Republic
Randy Cordova
The story is twisted and complex, yet it emerges as sleek and unfussy. The characters' actions are grandly melodramatic, but the movie is close and intimate.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
It's both ridiculous and ridiculously romantic, which is an apt description of a work shaped like a heart and structured like a pretzel.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
All of the actors do good work, but as is often the case in Almodóvar films, the women own the movie.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Broken Embraces is 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.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
Even though it may not stand among Almodóvar's best, it's still a wildly enjoyable, sumptuous, and rewarding film.
Washington Post
Jan Stuart
Amid all this dazzling artifice, the film's most authentic source of power comes from its star.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Almodovar could've played it entirely for laughs, with a flick of his wrist and a tonal adjustment. It's best he didn't, though. The movie putters near the end, but it's a film lover's delight.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
The writer-director is up to his old tricks, creating an onion of an experience -- a movie within a movie within a movie, irony in each layer, poignancy that stings and whimsy that bites.
Observer
Sara Vilkomerson
If you somehow weren't already sold on the ridiculous gorgeousness of Penélope Cruz, this should do the trick.
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