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Broken Embraces

Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug material.

R 128min.
Drama
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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 ... Read More
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Lena
Judit
Mateo y Harry Caine
Ernesto Martel
Ray X
Diego
Madre de Lena
Portera
Madame Mylene
Lectora de Labios

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April 23, 2010
drarthurwells
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Interesting drama - worth watching, but not a great film
February 12, 2010
Xsonza
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I love Pedro Almodovar films - but this one was just not good. Broken Embraces had all the Almodovar elements - the quirky characters with their neurosis, the wacky narrative, and the colorful scene designs - but, despite all of that, it felt more like a shell of his earlier movies.
January 09, 2010
Duke de WF
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Granted that I'm not totally familiar with Director Almodovar, but I found Broken Embraces totally boring. Maybe the Spanish would find it "hot stuff" but the plot is disjoined that situations are presented that have absolutely no relevance to the storyline. A gay son with a gay bedroom scene? Why??? Made no sense as to why Almodovar would insert this. It went nowhere. The same
December 28, 2009
TheVisitor967
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I never thougfht I'd call an Almodovar film boring, but that's precisely what I thought about Broken Embraces. I don't know what happened to Almodovar. He used to make clever, wacky, funny films like Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Live Flesh, etc. Now it seems like he's making all these serious and glum films like Broken Embarces, Bad Education, Talk to Her, etc.
November 03, 2009
ahooa77
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Amazing, been bilingual watched it without subtitles across the border and i truly recommend it, hope the great dialogue gets translated rightfully, it'll keep you entertained throughout. The characters belong to their performers, specially Penelope.
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