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Cassandra 2022-03-23 09:02:44
"Broken Embrace"
A step back for Pedro Almodovar? Or maybe we were all looking forward to it too much, even after she failed in Cannes.
"Woman on the Brink of Spiritual Collapse" and its previous works are actually his most passionate and truly unfettered creations; let us begin to familiarize ourselves with his... -
Cayla 2022-03-25 09:01:15
"Broken Embrace": Let True Love Live Forever in Movies
"Broken Embrace": Let True Love Live Forever in Movies
Liu Qiang loves movies
I have always admired Almodóvar's ability to make up stories, and "Broken Embrace" clearly stemmed from a question - what if the director fell in love with the heroine? Starting from this question, Almodovar slowly...
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Diego: When you were waiting at the roundabout, for a car to pass on your left, Lena and you kissed.
Mateo Blanco: We kissed? I don't remember that.
Diego: It's a normal kiss, the kind couples give each other out of habit.
Mateo Blanco: The last kiss.
Diego: Yes. Lena didn't die in your arms, like you'd dreamed, but the last sensation she took from this world was your mouth.
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[first lines]
[in Spanish, quoting English subtitles]
Modelo: What's your name?
Mateo Blanco: Harry Caine.
[voiceover]
Mateo Blanco: I used to be called Mateo and I was a film director. I was always tempted by the idea of being someone else, as well as myself. Living one's life wasn't enough, so I invented a pseudonym, Harry Caine, an adventurer who, as fate would have it, became a writer. I had him sign all the scripts and stories I wrote. For years, Mateo Blanco and Harry Caine shared the same body, mine. But a moment came when suddenly I could only be Harry Caine. I became my pseudonym. A self-made writer made by himself. There was just one unforseen detail. Harry Caine would be a blind writer.
