Trailer - Pedro Almodóvar's 'Broken Embraces'

They often go overlooked in the discussion of the great director-star pairings, but there's very little doubt that Pedro Almodóvar gets the best out of Penélope Cruz or that she raises the level of his films. True, he's great as it is and Cruz has been better in general in recent years (if you thought she was good winning the gold in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, you should see Elegy), but together, it's just one of those magical combinations that really doesn't come along all that often. Their latest collaboration is Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos), and once again, Cruz is building a case for Academy Award consideration. If she does get a nomination, it would be her third in four years, following Vicky Cristina and Almodóvar's Volver. She sure has left Sahara sufficiently behind her, hasn't she? From the trailer, featured below, you don't get much of a story to work from, but the director-star tandem has a core base of fans and this one is squarely preaching to that choir. So here's the synopsis for Broken Embraces: "A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car rash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost the love of his life."
Trailer courtesy of Trailer Addict and Apple There's a limited release starting November 20th, and I'm quite sure Sony Classics has bigger things planned for this one.