Broken Embraces
Passion, obsession, wealth, jealousy, family, guilt, and creativity.
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back.He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Worldwide
- $31M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Broken Embraces returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $31M
- Release date
- Mar 18, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Spain
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