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Broken Embraces

Pedro Almodovar's latest vehicle for Cruz has a rather convoluted plot which left critics longing for something simpler. In essence a three-or-four-way romance, it revolves around a beautiful woman who was involved with a film directoer. When he lost his sight in an accident, she switched her attentions to a millionaire. The millionaire however really wants to know what happened between her and the director, so he sets about making a documentary about a film that the two of them are doing, allowing him to spy on them. Meanwhile the director's assistant has her own feelings to deal with ... In Spanish with English subtitles.

125 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity)
Drama, Romance, Thriller, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Rubén Ochandiano, Tamar Novas
Director	Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay	Pedro Almodóvar
Music	Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Editing	José Salcedo
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2009
Produced by	A consortium of Spanish companies
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong, fairly infrequent, some crudity, in context
Nudity	Graphic sexual nudity, breasts, prolonged scene
Sex	Strong sex scenes with suggestive sounds, sexual conduct
Violence	Moderate violence, mild blood, infrequent, in context
Prejudice	Some implied homophobia, in context
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Some illegal drug use, brief, does not promote or glamourise
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerMariana Malan	15
International Media
Box Office (USA)Richard Mowe	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	20
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	18
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	12
Metacritic.com32 critics	15
RottenTomatoes.com136 critics	14
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	16
Internet (IMDB)9128 Netizens	14

Average .. 75%	14

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