IMDb plot summary: 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.
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, and José Luis Gómez.
Oh goodness, all the drama in this one. It's a very soap opera-esque plot, full of hidden secrets and dramatic reveals, and I had trouble really connecting with it deeply because I was all a little too aware of the farfetchedness of so many plot points. I did enjoy the ending, and I liked some of the visuals. A lot of reviews I read pointed specifically to the use of primary colors throughout, which was definitely distinct, though it wasn't quite enough to wow me when the plot didn't.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Broken Embraces > Dumbo
Broken Embraces < Forgiving Dr. Mengele
Broken Embraces < Once Upon a Mattress (2005)
Broken Embraces < White Nights
Broken Embraces < The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Broken Embraces > Dunkirk
Broken Embraces > Smokin' Aces
Broken Embraces < Closer
Broken Embraces < Poulenc: Dialoguess des Carmelites
Broken Embraces < The Vanishing
Broken Embraces < The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988)
Broken Embraces < Cinema Paradiso
Final spot: #1498 out of 3144.
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