2009 · drama · noir · romance
Broken Embraces
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar2h 7m2009
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Our read: Broken Embraces (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · noir · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / noir, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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