Broken Embraces Reviews

It had been many years since I saw a movie directed by Pedro Almodovar but within a few minutes, I was completely sucked in his world. Indeed, during the first scene, you have the main character, a blind screen-writer, who manages to have sex with a total stranger who happens to be an insanely good looking blond woman. This and the voice-over set you right away in the right mood for the rest of the movie. To be honest, I have seen a whole bunch of Almodovar's features and, even though I respect his work, I have never been a huge fan. I mean, his movies are always intriguing but they never really blow me away (there are a few exceptions though like 'Hable con ella' which I found really amazing). For example, with this flick, as usual, he mixed different genres such as comedy, drama and even some Hitchcokian thriller but I was sometimes confused between the various timelines, storylines and intrigues. I even thought that the main character was faking his blindness all along but, apparently, that was not the case at all. There were also some massive ellipses which made me wondered what happened in the mean time. Still, this guy has a unique directing style and I had a good time watching this. To conclude, I thought it was pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Almodovar's work.

Harry Caine nasce depois do acidente em que Mateo Blanco perde um grande amor e a visão; o pseudônimo roteirista ocupa por completo a vida do diretor por catorze anos até que seu passado o reencontre e Mateo possa tocar a imagem de sua amada. Poético, grandioso, Almodovar.

Repetitivo ou fiel ao seu estilo dividem os que reduzem “Los Abrazos Rotos”(2009) como não sendo a melhor película do diretor e os que o veneram. É fato que o homosexualismo, as paixões súbitas, a corrupção (da alma), o moralismo, as dores, a tragédia e Penélope Cruz estão presentes, mas dessa vez as (auto) referências e reverências metalinguísticas protagonizam esse espelho de sua obra, assim como (literalmente) de sua musa, com capciosa propriedade quando há dificuldade em dizer se essa ode sobrepuja a trama.

Desenhado numa narração menos tempestuosa e apoteótica que seus antecessores todavia acompanhado da evolução de sua assinatura, a expressão visual: sempre vibrante e cada vez mais sofisticada; é, na verdade, esse vigor das cores de Almodovar que confere a grandiosidade de ”Abraços Partidos”.