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Broken Embraces - Penélope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluís Homar, New DVD

Description: A follow-up to Spanish enfant terrible Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 arthouse sensation Volver, Los Abrazos Rotos finds the filmmaker re-teaming with actress Penélope Cruz and working on a canvas much broader than those of his previous outings, in terms of genres covered, narrative scope, and duration. Lluís Homar stars as the former Mateo Blanco, a screenwriter and ex-director who changed his name to Harry Caine after losing his sight in an automobile accident. A past scandal suddenly resurfaces when the news arrives that the producer of one of Harry's old movies ("Girls and Suitcases"), a corrupt stockbroker named Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez), has died. For mysterious reasons, this makes Harry's ex-production manager Judit (Blanca Portillo) nervous; then Ernesto's son, Ray X (Rubén Ochandiano), turns up and asks Harry to help him write a vindictive script to get back at his vile father. The film subsequently flashes back to the early '90s, when Martel became involved with his secretary, Lena (Cruz), but Mateo also began to develop feelings for her, and auditioned her for "Girls and Suitcases." In response to Mateo's interest in Lena (and her burgeoning interest in him), the jealous Martel commissioned Ray to make a documentary about the making of "Girls and Suitcases" as an excuse to spy on the director and star. This enabled him to watch Mateo spiriting off with Lena right under his nose, and set the stage for the wily producer's elaborate revenge against Mateo. As this synopsis suggests, Almodóvar uses a tricky structure laden with flashbacks to both comment on and explain the events of the present; he also interweaves a noirish sensibility throughout the picture that marks something of a first for this director.

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Location: Kitchener, Ontario

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Item must be returned within: 60 Days

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Rating: PG

Subtitle Language: English

Studio: Sony Pictures

Edition: Playable in the USA and Canada - Region 1

Type: Movie

Region Code: PLAYABLE IN USA & CANADA // REGION 1

Format: DVD

Language: French, Spanish

Features: SPANISH AND FRENCH LANGUAGES w/ ENGLISH & FR SUBS

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Movie/TV Title: Brpken Embraces

Season: Playable in the USA and Canada - Region 1

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