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Broken Embraces
2009
· Movie
· 127 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1735
- IMDb #1799
- Rotten Tomatoes #1781
- Metacritic #1015
- Letterboxd #1252
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1848
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2166
- Metacritic Critics #962
- Metacritic Audience #1274
- Criticker #1249
- Kinopoisk #1418
- AlloCiné #1494
- Trakt #1950
Every rating
55–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 82.
See the most agreed on films →A blind screenwriter, once a successful filmmaker named Mateo Blanco, lives under a new identity. The story of his past unfolds, revealing a tragic love affair with an actress who was the mistress of a powerful and jealous businessman. Their secret relationship during the production of a film led to a devastating accident that cost him his sight and ended his career, a past he has tried to forget.
Details
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Released
- 18 March 2009
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $31.0M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 33 →2 major awards won · 6 wins from 33 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2009 | Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Winner |
| Goya Awards 2009 | Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2009 | Palme d'Or | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2009 | Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2009 | Best Original Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2009 | Best Costume Design | Sonia Grande | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2009 | Best Make-Up and Hairstyles | Massimo Gattabrusi Ana Lozano | Nominee |
| Goya Awards 2009 | Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
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Goya Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Sonia Grande | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up and Hairstyles | Massimo Gattabrusi Ana Lozano | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Winner |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
European Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Composer | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| People's Choice Award for Best Film | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Winner |
| Satellite Award for Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Winner |
São Paulo International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign-Language Film | Pedro Almodóvar | Winner |
Actors and Actresses Union Awards
5 nominations
| Lead Performance, Female | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Lead Performance, Male | Lluís Homar | Nominee |
| Performance in a Minor Role, Female | Lola Dueñas | Nominee |
| Supporting Performance, Female | Blanca Portillo | Nominee |
| Supporting Performance, Male | José Luis Gómez | Nominee |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Blanca Portillo | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Agustín Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
Irish Film & Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
Silver Condor
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |