R (for sexual content, language, and some drug material).
The protagonist who loses his sight and his identity in a brutal car crash.
The film is a love letter to filmmaking. It features a "film within a film" ( Girls and Suitcases ), which is a comedic nod to Almodóvar's own early work, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown . Broken Embraces
The wealthy financier of Mateo's film. His obsession with Lena leads him to hire a lip-reader to spy on her private conversations.
The title refers to a photograph of Mateo and Lena embracing, which was torn into pieces—symbolizing their fractured lives and the reconstructed nature of memory. R (for sexual content, language, and some drug material)
The film operates on two timelines, following the life of a man who uses two identities:
A secretary and aspiring actress trapped as the mistress of a powerful, jealous tycoon. It features a "film within a film" (
Harry is a living in Madrid. He has completely abandoned his former life, refusing to even speak of his past until a death and a mysterious visitor (Ray X) force him to recount his history to his young assistant, Diego. The Past: Mateo Blanco