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Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
SPAIN · 2009

Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces

Pedro Almodóvar
tragic love blindness filmmaking memory and loss obsession
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Synopsis

Broken Embraces (Spanish: Los abrazos rotos) is a 2009 Spanish romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind Madrilenian screenwriter who recalls his tragic love for Lena, played by Penélope Cruz, the deceased lead actress in his last directional feature Girls and Suitcases, who

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