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Broken Embraces (2009)

Name: Broken Embraces
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Genre: drama film, romance film, thriller film
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 7.2

Broken Embraces is a 2009 Spanish romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind Madrilenian screenwriter who recalls his tragic love for Lena, played by Penélope Cruz, the deceased lead actress in his last directional feature Girls and Suitcases, who was also the mistress of a powerful, obsessive…

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Shot by Rodrigo Prieto · Cut by José Salcedo · Music by Alberto Iglesias · Ratio 2.35:1 · 129 min

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Elsewhere

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What Have I Done to Deserve This? — 1985
Matador — 1986
Law of Desire — 1987
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown — 1988
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! — 1989
High Heels — 1991
Kika — 1993
The Flower of My Secret — 1995
Live Flesh — 1997
All About My Mother — 1999
Talk to Her — 2002
Bad Education — 2004
Volver — 2006
The Cannibalistic Councillor — 2009
The Skin I Live In — 2011
I'm So Excited — 2013
Julieta — 2016
Pain and Glory — 2019
The Human Voice — 2020
Parallel Mothers — 2021
Strange Way of Life — 2023
The Room Next Door — 2024
Bitter Christmas — 2026

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