Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Mateo is a blind ex-film director who has fallen into solitude and bitterness. One day a young man visits him with a screenplay idea. It turns out this man had a major influence in Mateo’s life until now. From here a drama unfolds where José Luis Gómez and Penélope Cruz portray an elderly millionaire and his mistress. It happens that the Cruz character, Lena, gets a job as an actress in one of Mateo’s films, and a love story between the two starts. Ernesto, the millionaire, is extremely jelous and sends his son to spy on her.
The story of Broken embraces is complex and involves time jumps and stories within stories. The complexity is thrilling but also takes a way some of the emotional power of this film.
Aesthetically Broken Embraces is a masterpiece; in acting, cinematography and décor. Pedro Almodovar is an accomplished artist in his work, a Picasso on the screen, even comparable to Shakespeare in intricate drama writing. And due to its complexity, some of his work might even function better on the stage.
In spite of some overdoing in the dramatic structure of this film, the grade cannot be anything else than a full five. There are many famous film directors out there that are not even close to Almodovar’s mastering of film art.
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