Synopsis
Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos, 2009) is Pedro Almodóvar's drama starring Penélope Cruz, and you can watch it online on iFILM. A blind screenwriter calling himself Harry Caine hasn't made a film in fourteen years. One visitor from the past pulls the lid off everything he buried.
He was once Mateo Blanco, a director behind the camera and hopelessly in love with an actress named Lena. Lena belonged to a jealous millionaire who bankrolled her role and shadowed her every move. Almodóvar braids two timelines together — the heat of a film set and the slow uncovering of what really happened the night of the car crash. Cruz plays a woman caught between two men and two lives, while the movie keeps turning into the director's own love letter to cinema.
Shot by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, laced with film-noir nods and echoes of Almodóvar's earlier work, this is a story about memory, guilt and the way an edit can rewrite the past. Rich and unhurried, it rewards anyone who loves movies about making movies. Stream Broken Embraces (2009) online on iFILM.
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