Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)

Drama, Suspense/Thriller

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 lost his sight along with the love of his life, Lena. 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 directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduces himself to his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can't direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco died on Lanzarote with his beloved Lena. Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug material.

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Cast: Blanca Portillo, Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Penélope Cruz

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Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar

Written by: Pedro Almodóvar, Thierry Jonquet

Running time: 2hr 8min

Opens: Nov 20, 2009 NY