Broken Embraces | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | July 23, 2011
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| genre | Drama | Romance |
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| synopsis | A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. Broken Embraces is shot in the style of a hard-boiled 40s and 50s American film noir. |
| lead actors | Penélope Cruz | Lluís Homar | Blanca Portillo | José Luis Gómez | Rubén Ochandiano | Tamar Novas | Ángela Molina | Chus Lampreave | Kiti Manver | Lola Dueñas | Mariola Fuentes | Carmen Machi | Kira Miró | Rossy de Palma | Alejo Sauras | Carlos Sampedro | Ramón Pons | Cote Soler | Marta Aledo | Carlos Leal | Chema Ruiz | Dani Martín | Asier Etxeandia | Jons Pappila |
| director | Pedro Almodóvar |