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This is Almodovar's seventeenth film, and it also set a record for his most invested film at a cost of 14.16 million US dollars.
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The red car that Lena drives in the movie is exactly the red bike that appeared in the movie " Volver ".
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The places where car accidents occur in the film are also frequent places in reality. Local actor César Manrique was killed in a car accident. César Manrique once led Almodovar to Lanzarote, where the film was filmed, but Almodovar claimed that he had forgotten about it, and he didn't know about it until the newspaper reported the news.
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The film’s producer Augustine Almodovar is the brother of the director Almodovar, and he also played a small employee of Ernesto Martel in the film. Augustine Almodovar has guest appearances in 15 of the 17 films shot by Almodovar.
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The role played by Carmen March in the film was inspired by a friend in Almodovar's life.
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The black-haired Penélope Cruz Sánchez Cruz dyed his hair golden in order to play a good role. In the eyes of Spaniards, blonde hair is not beautiful.
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The Abrazos in the title refers specifically to a welcome hug in Spanish.
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The film is the fourth collaboration between Almodovar and Penélope Cruz Sánchez.
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Almodovar quoted his previous work " Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios " in the film . But this is not the first time he has quoted his previous work in his movie. In "Speaking to Her", he quoted his original short film "Shrinked Lover" .
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2022-01-08 08:04
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
[in Spanish, quoting English subtitles]
Modelo: What's your name?
Mateo Blanco: Harry Caine.
[voiceover]
Mateo Blanco: I used to be called Mateo and I was a film director. I was always tempted by the idea of being someone else, as well as myself. Living one's life wasn't enough, so I invented a pseudonym, Harry Caine, an adventurer who, as fate would have it, became a writer. I had him sign all the scripts and stories I wrote. For years, Mateo Blanco and Harry Caine shared the same body, mine. But a moment came when suddenly I could only be Harry Caine. I became my pseudonym. A self-made writer made by himself. There was just one unforseen detail. Harry Caine would be a blind writer.
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[last lines]
[in Spanish, quoting English subtitles]
Ray X: That's what we've got re-edited.
Mateo Blanco: Do you think it's worth carrying on, or is it crazy?
Diego: What? I pissed myself laughing. I'm dying to see what happens.
Judit García: It's wonderful, Mateo!
Diego: It's hilarious. You have to re-release it.
Mateo Blanco: No, what matters is to finish it. Films have to be finished, even if you do it blindly.