After finishing, with enthusiasm but great fatigue, the filming of your film last September, Pedro Almodovar is now in the final stages of editing the film starring his longtime loves, which is titled «Broken Embraces»
Penelope Cruz It turns out to be the object of desire of the only actor who had not previously worked with the director, José Luis Gómez. Without ceasing to play those "Almodovarian" roles that we were so ecstatic. Since she embodies an aspiring actress, of rural origin, although "with two faces and who lives two lives," says Penelope when interviewed.
In the words of Almodovar, what the film tells is a story of «crazy love», between two eras, one the current one, and the other in the '90s. From what has been understood, it would be a drama with shades of black policeman, in its aesthetics, which frames two love stories, embodied in the four wonderful actors, already old acquaintances of the director: the one already named Penelope Cruz, the not so used José Luis Gómez, Luis Homar y Blanca Portillo.
I admit that from this film I expect the Almodovar of «All about my mother«, Rather than«Bad Education«, Or a«Return" That little fascinated me, although I still enjoyed it. I do not deny that in each and every one of his films I found an aesthetic concept that dazzles me beyond reason. But when it comes to dramaturgy, it happens that it has left me wanting several times. I tend to be more a lover of the first films of directors like Almodovar, since I believe that none of his films surpasses, in my opinion and in my emotional memory, «Tie me up«.
What if I do not deny, nor will I ever deny, is the incredible talent that Almodovar possesses as a thinker. And somehow, this being so feasible, and even necessary explanation, I think it is possible to summarize everything in a phrase that he himself wrote on his blog: «Fiction is one of the best vehicles to tell reality, and to provoke the most genuine emotions»
I would very much like to know your opinion about this sentence ...