Sunday, March 21st – Galaxy Cinema (rescheduled from March 7th)

Reviews:

Duane Dudek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “A rich, tangled and layered work whose lurid, sensual style--and seething and ebbing score by Alberto Iglesias--is like lava cooling upon the volcano below.”

Keith Cohen, Entertainment Spectrum: “The unbeatable Oscar-winning combination of legendary Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodóvar and international superstar beauty Penelope Cruz makes this lavishly mounted melodrama a cinematic gem.”

Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Almodóvar dives into this knotty, plotty mess the only way he can--with utter abandon and what might be best described as a kind of artful recklessness.”

Official web site : www.sonyclassics.com/brokenembraces/
IMDB :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913425/

.. the newest and most significant in Canadian and International films right here in Sault Ste. Marie.

The Algoma International Film Association promotes the viewing and appreciation of films not usually available to the community commercial cinema. We are a member of the Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto International Film Festival Group is a charitable, cultural and educational organization devoted to celebrating excellence in film and the moving image.

Welcome to our 42nd season!
Greetings to our members and friends of film! We are very pleased to be returning to Galaxy Cinema at our usual 7pm Sunday screening time for the winter half of our 2009/2010 season. With the bigger screen and sound comes bigger costs, of course, so please encourage everyone you know to join us for the best in current international cinema. We welcome your support! Our membership fee is $20 & passes are $85. Ticket prices are $6 for members & $8 for non-members.

Broken Embraces

Year: 2009
Country: Spain
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Leads: Penélope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluís Homar, Lola Dueñas
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 127 minutes
Rating: R for sexual content, language & some drug material
Language: Spanish, English

Harry Caine (Lluís Homar) is a script-writer who lives in darkness. Fourteen years earlier, before the car accident that took his sight and the love of his life, Lena (Penélope Cruz), Harry used his real name, Mateo Blanco, when he directed films. When Harry’s secretary, Diego (Tamar Novas) is injured, to entertain him during his convalescence, Harry tells Diego the story of Mateo and Lena, a tale dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and guilt. This sizzlingly sexy film noir is a love letter to the magical power of movies to mend broken hearts.