Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

Passion, obsession, wealth, jealousy, family, guilt, and creativity.

2009127 min7.1 / 10

A melancholic, introspective drama about a blind filmmaker confronting the romantic obsessions and creative wounds that shaped his past, told through memory and emotional excavation.

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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