Los Abrazos Rotos

A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life.

Performance driven films are always any interesting type of film, a film squarely set on one performance to carry a film. Broken Embraces is such a film. 

Penélope Cruz really does steal the show, and a worthy Oscar winning performance. The actress is undoubtly the strongest female actress at the moment.

With this it’s a shame that the script and pacing never tries to keep up with its lead, and with a series of un interesting characters the film drags, and is'nt that that moving or embracing.
The main problem is that I am not the target audience.

A well made film for the right audience but I feel I am the wrong demographic to give the film full credit.