Two more days of shooting of Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces and this time it was in Madrid, Spain.

GALLERY LINKS:
Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces:
- On the Set – July 9, 2008
- On the Set – July 8, 2008

The small Canary Island of Lanzarote is hoping to welcome flocks of new tourist visitors next year thanks to the release of a new Pedro Almod?
? ??var movie in early 2009.

Broken Embraces stars Penelope Cruz and was filmed on location across Lanzarote.

It tells the story of a couple – played by Cruz and Lluis Homar – who flee to the island from Madrid. And then become embroiled in a car crash in which Homar’s character loses his sight.

Scenes for the film were shot at some of Lanzarote’s most picturesque locations, providing a ready made promotional vehicle for Lanzarote’s tourist industry.

Locations include the Green Lagoon at El Golfo, the beach at Famara and the Timanfaya Volcano Park.

Lanzarote has provided the backdrop for a number of previous big screen productions.

The island’s unique volcanic scenery has proved popular with directors of sci-fi movies such as the classic One Million Years BC, which memorably starred Raquel Welch in a fake-fur bikini.

Lanzarote is already a very popular holiday destination – attracting over one million British and Irish tourists during 2007.

Tourist authorities are hoping the release of Almod?
? ??var’s new film will help to attract more upmarket tourism to the island as they try to re-brand Lanzarote as a quality holiday destination.

Certainly, the Spanish director himself is a major fan ???  ?? ?
S having visited the island on numerous occasions over the last decade.

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Added many more photos from the set of Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces and also the earlier dates as well this time!

GALLERY LINKS:
Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces:
- On the Set – June 3, 2008
- On the Set – May 29, 2008

Found more photos from the set of Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces and added more to the earlier dates as well! Read an article about the movie by The Independent magazine.

GALLERY LINKS:
Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces:
- On the Set – May 30, 2008

More photos from the set of Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces!

GALLERY LINKS:
Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces:
- On the Set - May 27, 2008
- On the Set - May 26, 2008

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Pedro Almod?
? ??var posted several new photos from the set of Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces and Pen?
? ??lope looks so amazing! I love all the different looks the wigs give her

GALLERY LINKS:
Los Abrazos rotos / Broken Embraces:
- On the Set
- On the Set – May 25, 2008
- On the Set – April 7, 2008

an interesting article about Pedro and his thoughts about his previous work and how he has portrayed men before.

He is a renowned ladies’ man. Most of the leading characters in Pedro Almod?
? ??var’s films have been women. Men, in contrast, have tended to be villains or bit-part players.

But with his next film, Broken Embraces, the double Oscar-winning Spanish director is to change tack, giving his male characters stronger roles.

“They always talk about ‘my women’, but I have worked with major [male] actors like Antonio Banderas,” he said. “They don’t say much about my male characters except they are symbol of a patriarchal [society].”

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