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LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS

  
ALMODÓVAR, PEDRO

  • EXTENDED SYNOPSIS

Un hombre escribe, vive y ama en la oscuridad. Catorce años antes sufrió un brutal accidente de coche en la isla de Lanzarote. En el accidente no sólo perdió la vista, también perdió a Lena, la mujer de su vida.Este hombre usa dos nombres, Harry Caine, lúdico seudónimo bajo el que firma sus trabajos literarios, relatos y guiones, y Mateo Blanco, su nombre de pila real, con el que vive y firma las películas que dirige. Después del accidente, Mateo Blancosereduce a su seudónimo, Harry Caine. Si no puede dirigir películas se impone sobrevivir con la idea de que Mateo Blanco murió en Lanzarote junto a su amada Lena.En la actualidad, Harry Caine vive gracias a los guiones que escribe y a la ayuda de su antigua y fiel directora de producción, Judit García, y de Diego, el hijo de ésta, secretario, mecanógrafo y lazarillo.Desde que decidiera vivir y contar historias, Harry es un ciego activo y atractivo que ha desarrollado todos sus otros sentidos para disfrutar de la vida, a base de ironía y una amnesia autoinducida. Ha borrado de su biografía toda sombra de suprimeraidentidad, Mateo Blanco.Una noche Diego tiene un accidente y Harry se hace cargo de él (su madre, Judit, está fuera de Madrid y deciden no comunicarle nada para no alarmarla). En las primeras noches de convalecencia, Diego le pregunta por la época en que respondía alnombredeMateo Blanco, después de un momento de estupor Harry no sabe negarse y le cuenta a Diego lo ocurrido catorce años antes con la intención de entretenerle, como un padre le cuenta un cuento a su hijo pequeño para que se duerma.La historia de Mateo, Lena, Judit y Ernesto Martel es una historia de "amour fou", dominada por la fatalidad, los celos, el abuso de poder, la traición y el complejo de culpa. Una historia emocionante y terrible cuya imagen más expresiva es lafotodedos amantes abrazados, rota en mil pedazos.

A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life.This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduceshimselfto his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can´t direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco died on Lanzarote with his beloved Lena.In the present day, Harry Caine lives thanks to the scripts he writes and to the help he gets from his faithful former production manager, Judit Garcia, and from Diego, her son, his secretary, typist and guide. Since he decided to live and tellstories,Harry is an active, attractive blind man who has developed all his other senses in order to enjoy life, on a basis of irony and self-induced amnesia. He has erased from his biography any trace of his first identity, Mateo Blanco.One night Diego has an accident and Harry takes care of him (his mother, Judit, is out of Madrid and they decide not to tell her anything so as not to alarm her). During the first nights of his convalescence, Diego asks him about the time when heanswered to the name of Mateo Blanco, after a moment of astonishment Harry can´t refuse and he tells Diego what happened fourteen years before with the idea of entertaining him, just as a father tells his little child a story so that he´ll fallasleep.The story of Mateo, Lena, Judit and Ernesto Martel is a story of "amour fou", dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and a guilt complex. A moving and terrible story, the most expressive image of which is the photo of twoloversembracing, torn into a thousand pieces.

  • CAST
Performance Name Role
Cast Penélope Cruz lena
Cast Lluís Homar Mateo y Harry Cane
Cast Blanca Portillo Judit
Cast José Luis Gómez ernesto Martel
Cast Rubén Ochandiano Ray X
Cast Tamar Novas Diego
Cast Ángela Molina Madre de Lena
Cast Chus Lampreave Portera
Cast Kiti Manver Madame Mylene
Cast Lola Dueñas Lectora de labios
Cast Mariola Fuentes Edurne
Cast Carmen Machi Chon
Cast Kira Miró Modelo
Cast Rossy De Palma Julieta
Cast Alejo Sauras Alex
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  • CREW
Performance Name Notes
Production Agustín Almodóvar
Directed by Almodóvar, Pedro
Executive Production Esther García
Line Production Toni Novella
Production Manager Chus San Pascual (Lanzarote)
Screenplay Pedro Almodóvar
Cinematography Rodrigo Prieto Asc-Amc
Score Alberto Iglesias
Film Editing José Salcedo
Production Design - Art Direction Antxon Gómez
Costume Design Sonia Grande
Sound Mixer Miguel Rejas
Sound Design Pelayo Gutiérrez
Re-recording mixer Marc Orts
Assistant Director Guillermo Escribano
Casting Luis San Narciso
Make-up Ana Lozano
Hairdressing Máximo Gattabrusi
Special Effects Reyes Abades
Camera Operators Joaquín Manchado (Lanzarote)
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  • FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
he current rating will be the one with the most current resolution date
Film Rating Duration Certification
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 13 130 min. 2/19/2009
Trailer Rating Runtime Certification
GENERAL AUDIENCES 2 min. seg. 1/29/2009
GENERAL AUDIENCES 1 min. seg. 1/29/2009
Video Rating Runtime Certification
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 13 130 min. seg. 6/8/2009
  • PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant Amount
Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General 1,000,000.00 €
Grants - Distribution of Feature Films 45,075.00 €
Grants - Reducing interest - Production 50,000.00 €
  • CREW
Tag Information
Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue 2009
Production year 2009
Length Largometraje
Film Formats 35 mm.
Running time 130 minutos
Emulsion Kodak Vision2 250D 5205, Vision3 500T 5219, Fuji Eterna Vivid 160T 8543 y Kodak Vision3 500T 7219 16 mm.
Aspect ratio Panorámico 1:1,85 - Scope 1:2,35
Camera model Arriflex 416 con lentes Zeiss Ultra 16, Panavision Panaflex Millennium con lentes Panavision G-Series yPanavision Panaflex Platinum con lentes Panavision Primo
Laboratories FOTOFILM DELUXE
  • Other Titles of the Movie
Tag Information
Other titles ÉTREINTES BRISÉES
  • FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Madrid 28028 Madrid Spain
Website: www.eldeseo.es
  • DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES & INFO
icono Distribucíon Nacional
Madrid 28027 Madrid Spain
  • Festivals and Awards
Awards Section Person / Company
22ª Edición Premios Cine Europeo 2009 - European Film Awards Mejor música a Alberto Iglesias
33ª Mostra Internacional De Cinema De São Paulo Mejor largometraje extranjero
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Mejor largometraje extranjero
Satellite Award Mejor largometraje extranjero
Xxiv Premios Goya 2010 Mejor música a Alberto Iglesias

Participation in Festivals Section
Festival De Cannes 09 Sección Oficial. Competición
Festival Internacional De Toronto 09 Selección Oficial
New York Film Festival 09 Closing Night Selection

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