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Broken Embraces (2009)

Film
DirectorPedro Almodóvar
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Lena
Objects & symbols
  • The recurring motif of wigs and costumes worn by Lena
  • The torn photograph of Lena and Mateo
Form & technique
  • The process of re-editing *Chicas y maletas*
  • The film's overall intertextual structure
Tropes
  • Mateo Blanco's blindness
  • The film-within-a-film, *Chicas y maletas* (Girls and Suitcases)
  • Ernesto Martel Jr.'s lip-reading of the film footage