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Broken Embraces (2009)

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A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he... See Full Description
Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Romance and Thriller
Running Time: 2 hrs. 8 min.
Release Date: November 20th, 2009 (NY); December 11th (LA)
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language and some drug material.
Distributors:
Sony Pictures Classics
U.S. Box Office: $107,597
Cast and Credits
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Jose Luis Gomez, Ruben Ochandiano
Directed by: Pedro Almodovar
Produced by: Esther Garcia, Agustin Almodovar
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Critical Consensus
Critics Reviews Average Grade:   N/A   
Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum
"...best advice for optimum viewing is, see Broken Embraces...twice." Full Review...
New York Times, A. O. Scott
"It is grave and effervescent, tender and cruel." Full Review...
Rolling Stone, Peter Travers
"...Almodóvar, a true poet of cinema, creates images -- horrifying and healing -- that live inside your head like a waking dream." Full Review...
USA Today, Claudia Puig
"In its exploration of passionate jealousy, it is entertaining but facile and melodramatic." Full Review...
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