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Romanian title
Imbratisari frante

Production year
2009

Country
USA

Release Date


Genre
Drama

Director
Pedro Almodovar

Cast
Penelope Cruz
Lluis Homar
Blanca Portillo
Jose Luis Gomez

Theatrical release
18 October 2009

Synopsis
A man writes, lives and loves in the darkness. He was the victim of a brutal car accident fourteen years ago. Notonly did he lose his sight, but also the woman of his life, Lena.

This man has two names. One of them is Harry Caine, a recreational pseudonym he uses to present his literarywork. The other is Mateo Blanco, his real name and the one he uses to sign the films he directs. After the accident,Mateo Blanco becomes his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he cannot direct movies anymore, he prefers to keep onliving with the thought that Mateo Blanco died along with the woman he loved, Lena, in the car crash.

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