The Coolidge Corner Theatre

Must end February 18

Broken Embraces leaves the viewer in a contradictory state, a mixture of devastation and euphoria, amusement and dismay that deserves its own clinical designation. Call it Almodóvaria, a syndrome from which some of us are more than happy to suffer. - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Mateo Blanco, an author and film director, is blinded in a brutal car accident in which he also loses the love of his life, Lena. faced with the inability to direct, he slowly dissolves into the world of his literary pseudonym, Harry Caine.

dir. Pedro Almodovar, w/ Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homer, Spanish with English subtitles, 2h7m