Broken Embraces
Broken Embraces stars Lluís Homar playing Mateo Blanco with a curious split personality as he currently prefers to go by his pen name Harry Caine. He’s successful in the film business with an odd affliction for a director / screenwriter – he’s totally blind. He maintains his success with the help of his loyal agent Judit García (Blanca Portillo) and her son Diego (Tamar Novas). When a mysterious Ray X (Rubén Ochandiano) presents himself as a novice screenwriter with an interesting script idea involving great wealth and a betrayed son Harry curiously turns his back on the young man. Although blind he can clearly see that Ray is a touchstone to a time 14 years previous when a fully sighted Mateo was having an affair with Lena (Penélope Cruz) the mistress of Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez) a powerful and devious Spanish financial tycoon. Broken Embraces returns Penélope Cruz to her birth country where she always seems to do her best work while speaking her native tongue. In this multi faceted part she’s also reunites with Pedro Almodóvar the director of Volver the role from which she got an Oscar nod in 2007.