Sony Pictures Classic has picked up US distribution to the latest collaboration between Spanish director
Pedro Almodovar and his muse
Penelope Cruz entitled
Broken Embraces.
The studio has been the filmmaker's home since releasing his 1999 Academy Award winner
All About My Mother.
Broken Embraces, which is currently still being lensed in both Madrid and the Canary Islands, is shot in the vein of a 50's film noir and is a four story piece on madness, obsession, and love - all of which are common place in a Almodovar film.
The film even brings back some actresses of
Almodovar's past including
Kiti Manver (
The Flower of My Secret),
Rossy de Palma (of such works as
Law of Desire,
Kika,
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown),
Lola Duenas (
Volver,
Talk to Her),
Ángela Molina (
Live Flesh) and
Chus Lampreave (7 films including
What Have I Done to Deserve This?,
Matador, and
Labyrinth of Passion).
Unfortunately no official release date has been announced but one would assume that
Broken Embraces would be a prime suspect for next year's Cannes Film Festival.