1. Broken Embraces Pedro Almodóvar

2. Harry Caine is a successful screen writer. Fourteen years before he was involved in a car accident losing the loss of his eye sight and something far greater to him. However Harry Caine is a pseudonym, with very few people knowing his true identity and his life before the accident. He has now decided to tell his story of the accident after a man from the past re enters his life.

3. Taboo subjects Not so much a taboo subject Talk to her offers a subject that is very taboo whilst Broken Embraces is really a story of a past love affair

4. Regular actors In this film, Penelope Cruz plays one of the main characters. She has appeared in several of his films i.e. Volver, all about my mother This gives his films more of a personalised identity towards him

5. Obsession with the body The story line of many of his films have something with an irregularity or change within the body. This film is set around a blind screenwriter, however far less extreme than his other films. Still focused around the body which he likes to do a lot Sex- Many scenes are filled with nudity and is set around a love affair. This links with his other films such as talk to her and all about my mother where he uses sex to develop the story line