Broken Embraces (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Penélope Cruz and Lluís Homar watching television in a scene from Pedro Almodóvar’s “Broken Embraces.”
November 20, 2009
Almodóvar’s Happy Agony, Swirling Amid Jealousy and Revenge
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: November 20, 2009

Can there be such a thing as exuberant melancholy? I can’t think of another way to describe the spirit of “Broken Embraces,” Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, the title of which carries a telling hint of paradox. It is grave and effervescent, tender and cruel. More