Broken Embraces Page #5

Synopsis: Passion, obsession, wealth, jealousy, family, guilt, and creativity. In Madrid, Harry Caine is a blind screenwriter, assisted by Judit and her son Diego. The past comes rushing in when Harry learns of the death of Ernesto Martel, a wealthy businessman, and Ernesto's son pays Harry a visit. In a series of flashbacks to the 1990s, we see Harry, who was then Mateo Blanco, a director; he falls in love with Ernesto's mistress, Lena, and casts her in a film, which Ernesto finances. Ernesto is jealous and obsessive, sending his son to film the making of the movie, to follow Lena and Mateo, and to give him the daily footage. Judit doesn't like Lena. It's a collision course.
Director(s): Pedro Almodóvar
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 41 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
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Year:
2009
127 min
$4,900,000
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What sort of story would you like to write?

(doorbell)

Well...

Yes?

I'd like to write a story about the vengeance

of a son against the memory of his father.

Why does the son want vengeance?

Because the father nullified and

ruined his life.

How?

The father is a violent man, homophobic,

with no scruples and very powerful.

The son, is a sensitive boy, with artistic

interests, but with complexes and weak.

He tries to please his father in everything.

Despite being homosexual, he marries twice,

like him, and like him he also divorces, too.

He has a son that hates him as much

as he hates his own father.

When the father dies,

the son can finally remake his life.

This is his salvation, his revenge,

and the story I want to tell.

Yeah... I'm afraid I'm not the

writer you're looking for.

You are... You don't know to what extent.

I'll pay you as much as you want.

It's too personal.

Bring it to your ground.

Thanks, but no. And now, if you don't mind...

Diego!

I will leave my phone number.

Please...

If you change your mind...

Please.

Let me alone!

I'm sure we will see each other again.

In my case, that would be a miracle.

Please, would you come with me...

I'm on my way!

Good bye.

(leaves and closes the door)

Son of a b*tch!

Don't you think he was talking about himself?

I guess so...

Look in the first drawer,

and search for the pictures of the filming of 94.

Maybe he's in any...

Keep looking.

There he is!

Describe me the picture.

He's with you in the filming. He has long hair

and straight, and has a camcorder in his hand.

I was almost sure.

Who is he?

Ernesto Martel's son.

What does he want?

You can put the pictures back

in the drawer, and close it.

(phone)

(Off Ex wife) "Hi Ernesto, it is I. I'm phoning you

because we must talk about our son".

I can't talk now, Rosana.

(Off) "I've caught him

wearing my dresses."

It's your fault,

you've made him a wimp to humiliate me.

(Off) "I'm going to send him to you.

In the end, it's your son."

If I haven't been a good father in 19 years, I

don't think I'll learn to be a good one right now.

I need to go. And tell Ernesto that if

he wants to speak with me, he has to call him. (hangs)

Don't be so hard with them, Ernesto.

Blackmailers!

Come on, help me with the necklace.

Yes, of course.

Why don't you invite your son

to spend some days here?

That's what his mother has just said.

(whispers) But it would be better if

I didn't mix you with them, Lena.

He will do me company.

Does he like either cinema or theatre?

A lot, I think...

The mother has told me that he's a bit gay.

If I invite him over I'd like you to tell me

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Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former actor. He came to prominence as a director and screenwriter during La Movida Madrileña, a cultural renaissance ... more…

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