Broken Embraces

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Thriller
3/18/2009
127
R

Passion, obsession, wealth, jealousy, family, guilt, and creativity.

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.

Revenue:
$30,991,660
Budget:
$18,000,000

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  • badelf

    Broken Embraces: Almodóvar's Hitchcockian Love Letter to Cinema

    In "Broken Embraces," Pedro Almodóvar doesn't so much break new ground as he refines the soil he has long cultivated. Following masterworks like "Talk to Her" and "Volver," this film represents not a revolution but an elegant culmination of the Spanish auteur's preoccupations, filtered through a distinctly Hitchcockian lens.

    The film unfolds as a complex origami of narrative, with time folding back upon itself to reveal the tragic love story between filmmaker Mateo Blanco and his muse Lena. Here, Almodóvar pays homage to Hitchcock's fascination with voyeurism, doomed romance, and the thin line between creation and destruction. The film's noir elements jealousy, revenge, ...

    May 3, 2025

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