Broken Embraces - DVD
- Format: DVD
- Running Time: 128 Min.
- Rated: R
- Now Available
Synopsis
A luminous Penélope Cruz stars as an actress who sacrifices everything for true love in BROKEN EMBRACES, Academy Award® -winning filmmaker (2003, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Talk to Her) Pedro Almodóvar's acclaimed tale of sex, secrets and cinema. When her father becomes gravely ill, beautiful Lena (Cruz) consents to a relationship with her boss Ernesto (José Luis Gómez), a very wealthy, much-older man who pays for her father's hospitalization and provides her a lavish lifestyle. But Lena's dream is to act and soon she falls for the director of her first film - a project bankrolled by her husband to keep her near. Upon his discovery of the affair, Ernesto stops at nothing to ruin Lena's happiness.
DVD Features
- "The Cannibalistic Councillor” a short film by Pedro Almodóvar
- On the Red Carpet: The New York Film Festival Closing Night
- Deleted Scenes
- Pedro Directs Penélope
- Variety Q&A with Penélope Cruz
Cast and Crew
- Stars: Penelope Cruz, Lola Duenas, Angela Molina, Blanca Portillo
- Director: Pedro Almodovar
- Producer: Esther Garcia
DVD Details
- Genre: Drama, Foreign, Romance, Suspense, Thriller
- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Sub: English (US), French (Parisian)
- Color/B&W: Color