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:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
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Year:
2009
127 min
$4,900,000
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262 Views


an unstoppable urge to start filming.

Like "Audrey".

You've nailed it, f*ggot.

(Portuguese accent) Is totally "Audrey"!

Yes, yes, it's true.

Huh! So picky! Please...

Stand up and come closer to the mirror.

Get some light in your face. Look at me. Put

an exagerated smile, like a model's.

Ok. Like that?

Yes. Come on...

More smile in the eyes,

and the mouth more closed... come on... yeah...

Very good... another... Let's go. Mouth a bit

more open. Excellent, very good...

Art!

Total!

Very good. I'd like to try something more

daring... A gold blonde wig! Something pop.

I have! I have! I've got one like

"Goldie Hawn", with much more volume...

Which looks gorgeous...

Yes, but that doesn't look like a poodle

Poodle, no? If it's not poodle, it's not "Goldie".

Then we'd rather not...

I told you "Goldie" wouldn't like,

f*ggot. You like it, for yourself.

He wears it, when he's getting dressed...

So, gold blonde?

Yes, yes, yes...

I'll change your make up

Ouch, go away!

Look at the wig. Is fake, very crap,

with cheap fibers, but it looks wonderful.

Very good, very good, let's see.

It's ok... You'll be amazed.

Put those earrings.

Judit, do you mind moving a bit

to your left?

Are you tired?

No.

Don't smile, the wig is fake enough...

There... Wonderful!

(Off Mateo) "From the beggining Judit

didn't like Lena.

However,

I liked her more and more every day.

Ernesto Junior liked me, too

and I was going to profit from that.

His father had asked him to film

a documentary about the filming process.

Regarding Ernesto father, I haven't met

a man as obsessed with a woman.

He produced the movie in a desperate act

not to lose Lena."

(far away voices, cutting off)

Bollocks!

I can't understand a thing!

(shouting) Action!

(Off Mateo) "Amidst that emotional

landscape, we started to film..."

Now I think in all the times I've done

gazpacho for Ivan, and how he enjoyed.

And that hurts you a lot...

Now we will do the first time you come back home

after a picture shooting session.

As you open the door,

you look from far away the answering machine.

If blinks, there might be a message from Ivan.

(reading lips) If it doesn't,

another day in despair awaits you,

because you've been searching for him two days.

Of course, Ok, Ok.

Hey, did you like the bit about the tomatoes?

Yes, a lot. It has moved me.

Me too.

It has moved me really. It's incredible that

someone could feel emotional with some tomatoes.

It wasn't the tomatoes, but the nice things you

told me. Sorry!

Do you think they like each other?

If you think they like each other?

Me? I know nothing,

I just look at the lips.

Shows... what do you think?

Cut!

Very good. Check.

(bell for the end of the recording)

Are you going to do anything?

No, no. You may go.

I don't mind staying.

It would be better if you go.

I'm going to check some wigs.

Wigs? I love wigs!

No! You don't love it! You have hours

recorded with wigs. This is more of the same.

And Lena?

After trying the new wigs she's

asked for a masseur. She has a contracture.

Contractures? I don't have contractures!

Couldn't you record it?

Ernesto, please, don't be annoying and go already!

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow...

Edurne...

Tell me.

I'm going to talk to Lena for a second.

Don't let anyone disturb us.

Don't worry, I'll be alert.

I'll stay here as Cerberus.

Hold on, is the son around?

No, I've sent him home.

It's only Edurne, keeping an eye.

Mateo, this is madness!

(pleasure grunts)

Hello.

Hello.

What are you doing?

Nothing, waiting for you...

I didn't know that in film people worked so much.

Yes, it's a non-stop.

It's a very absorbing job.

Aren't you tired?

Chocolate gives me energy. I love

bitter orange with chocolate!

I meant the filming, not the chocolate...

A lot. At the end of th week I'm very tired,

but I'm very happy.

I was thinking that we should

take a break.

A weekend off, you and I, in

the house in Ibiza...no?

We have rehearsals on the weekends.

Don't you rehearse as well during the filming?

Yes.

What happens?

Do you spend the whole day rehearsing?

Well, it's the way movies are made!

How about the life of the rest? You

can't park it for months!

Ernesto, the movie dictates.

I'm sorry, I dictate...

I'm the producer.

Any problems?

Yes, we need some small atrezzo.

Everything is so impersonal!

One thing is that I'm asking for a graphic decorator,

and the other is that it's completely dead!

Should I speak to Antxon?

No, no. I'll speak with him myself.

What's wrong with you?

You have a bad face.

Dieguito... I couldn't breathe for the whole night.

We haven't been able to sleep.

Don't you know yet what is it?

Some doctors say it's Asthma, others

that it's allgery, but we don't know what to.

They keep investigationg,

but it's exhasperating.

Well, take as as long as you need. Even if

we're filming, the important thing is your son.

Thanks.

One thing, I've been speaking to

the producer, too.

And?

He's complaining that the filming is

taking too much of Lena.

So how does he think movies are made?

Ernesto is a businessman,

not an artist.

Well, maybe he shouldn't have gotten

into prouction. Nobody asked him.

It's too late to discuss this now.

This weekend he's off with her to Ibiza,

so you won't be able to rehearse.

Son of a b*tch!

(Off Harry) "Well, let's see...

The laps out! The desk out!

The chairs out! I've asked for

a graphic decorator, but one that is alive!

(grunts and groans)

(Deep breathe)

(Deep breathe)

(Groan)

( )

Oh dear! What a face,

my God!

(SCREAM)

Are you scared because I touch you...

but not scared because you see me dead?

I didn't think you were dead.

I thought you were asleep.

I usually snore...

If I thought you were dead, I wouldn't

have put the make up.

Any man of my age could have a heart attack

after six fucks.

You are not a man of your age...

I wouldn't mind dying after f***ing

with you days, weeks, months, years, centuries...

I'm crazy for you, Lena.

You got me crazy, I think you know.

Yes, I think I know...

(Shouting) Action!

Look what I found in the kerb,

they fell from your terrace

(Serious, not acting)

They are presents from Mr. Ivn and I threw them away.

But you can't do this, Miss Pina.

You could kill someone...

In Naples, on New Year's eve,

they throw even the furniture.

My granny was napolitan

and I have got it in my blood.

But this is not Naples, and

today isn't Christmas Eve.

I was nervous, and it relaxes me to throw things...

You keep them.

Ah, it's quite convenient...

"Love"...you say "Love", I say "Sexo".

Cut!

Should we check?

What the f*** are we going to check!

Come on, and I'll give you some touches afterwards, eh?

You're in a very low tone, Magdalena.

Yes, I know...

What's wrong?

(Crying) I'll tell you later

Let's have a lunch break.

Yes, yes, yes...

Guys, 30 minute break for a

sandwich!

Let's clear this a bit, and let's

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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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