Almodovar's Broken Embraces

[miaedu]

Openly gay director Pedro Almodovar closes the NY Film Festival this Sunday. Penelope Cruz star in "Broken Embraces". As always the film looks beautiful and comes with a great soundtrack featuring Cat Power, Can and Uffie.

"Moving from Madrid sound stages to the volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands, the incomparable Pedro Almodóvar takes us on an emotional roller coaster that barrels from comedy to romance to melodrama to the darker haunts of film noir. A blind screenwriter learns of the death of a powerful industrialist, triggering a flood of memories that encompass a tale of naked ambition, forbidden love and devastating loss. Penelope Cruz, the screenwriter’s muse (and Almodóvar’s), has never been better, nor more ravishing, and she’s ably aided by Lluis Homar (Bad Education), Blanca Portillo (Volver), and a wonderful newcomer to the Almodóvar stable, Rubén Ochandiano. The luscious cinematography is by Rodrigo Prieto (Amores Perros, Brokeback Mountain). A Sony Pictures Classics release. "


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-X7b1MQjk[/ame]

 

[miaedu]

Opens in new York on November 20th. Wonder when the rest of the US gets it?

 

[miaedu]

Really looking forward to this even though it might be flawed.

 

[miaedu]

the movies official website for the US:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/brokenembraces/main.html

Interesting article in the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/movies/01harr.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=pedro almodovar&st=cse

 

[zoltanspawn]

Really looking forward to this even though it might be flawed.

Hey, it's Almodovar. Flawed or not, he's one of a handful of directors whose work is worth watching every time. I'm looking forward to it, too.

 

[miaedu]

Nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced today in Beverly Hills, Calif.

—Foreign Language:

"Baaria," "Broken Embraces," "The Maid (La Nana)," "A Prophet," "The White Ribbon."

 

[was_uk]

This movie was released in the UK a while ago, I caught it at the time and have to say, as with all other Almodovar work, its visually provocative, and begs to evoke emotion... I loved it!

 

[miaedu]

Even though I was prepared to be disappointed it was still visually stunning. I wonder if I were to like it less if I had to read subtitles?