Summary
Un hombre escribe, vive y ama en la oscuridad. Catorce años antes sufrió junto a Lena, la mujer de su vida, un brutal accidente de coche en la isla de Lanzarote.
Este hombre usa dos nombres, Harry Caine, lúdico seudónimo bajo el que firma sus trabajos literarios, relatos y guiones y Mateo Blanco, su nombre de pila real, con el que vive y firma las películas que dirige. En la actualidad, Harry Caine vive gracias a los guiones que escribe y a la ayuda de su antigua y fiel directora de producción, Judit García y de Diego, el hijo de ésta, secretario, mecanógrafo y lazarillo.
La historia de Mateo, Lena, Judit y Ernesto Martel es una historia de amour fou, dominada por la fatalidad, los celos, el abuso de poder, la traición y el complejo de culpa.
Plot Synopsis
A follow-up to Spanish enfant terrible Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 arthouse sensation Volver, Los Abrazos Rotos finds the filmmaker re-teaming with actress Penélope Cruz and working on a canvas much broader than those of his previous outings, in terms of genres covered, narrative scope, and duration. Lluís Homar stars as the former Mateo Blanco, a screenwriter and ex-director who changed his name to Harry Caine after losing his sight in an automobile accident. A past scandal suddenly resurfaces when the news arrives that the producer of one of Harry's old movies ("Girls and Suitcases"), a corrupt stockbroker named Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez), has died. For mysterious reasons, this makes Harry's ex-production manager Judit (Blanca Portillo) nervous; then Ernesto's son, Ray X (Rubén Ochandiano), turns up and asks Harry to help him write a vindictive script to get back at his vile father. The film subsequently flashes back to the early '90s, when Martel became involved with his secretary, Lena (Cruz), but Mateo also began to develop feelings for her, and auditioned her for "Girls and Suitcases."
