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Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces
Score: 8 / 10
Released: December 18, 2009
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Esther García
Studio: Mongrel Media
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluís Homar, José Luis Gómez, Ángela Molina, Rossy de Palma, Tamar Novas, Rubén Ochandiano, Marta Aledo, Enrique Aparicio, Yuyi Beringola, Javier Coll, Juan Cucarella
Genre: Thriller
Length: 128 minutes

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Broken Embraces Overview

A blind screenwriter (Lluìs Homar) used to be a film director working under the name Mateo. How did he lose his sight? Flash back 14 years to the '90s. Mateo is hired to direct a film and immediately falls in love with Lena (Penélope Cruz), the film's star who is also the mistress of the producer, an aging millionaire. As Mateo and Lena embark on a passionate affair, the producer hires his son to spy on them.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Showtimes

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1  TIFF Bell Lightbox 350 King St. W, Toronto, (416) 599-8433
Wed 6:30  

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