Supporting Actress Blogathon: Carmen Machi in Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)

This is part of the Supporting Actress Class-Of-2009 Blogathon hosted by StinkyLulu. For more great entries go here.

Keeping with the tradition, here at CLNY we’re continue to honor those performances of supporting acctress in a Spanish-languague movie in our favorite category: “obscure, ineligible, and no-chance-in-hell.” Just like in ’07 and ’08, that honor goes to another Spanish actress that you might know by now. For your consideration: Carmen Machi in Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos).

Without a doubt, Chicas y Maletas (Girls & Suitcases) is the best thing that Almodóvar did in his latest film (now playing in the States) and that distinction is because funny lady Carmen Machi is phenomenal, refreshing and fun to watch. In this little segment towards the end, la Machi plays Chon, an impeccably dressed and little chubby counselor for Social Affairs at City Hall who’s friends with Penélope’s character. 

Spanish Cinema Now 09: La Mujer sin Piano, de José Rebollo

En la edición del Spanish Cinema Now 06, Javier Rebollo causó una gran impresión con Lo que sé de Lola. Tres años más tarde, vuelve a Nueva York con su segunda producción La Mujer sin Piano, criticada por unos y alabada por muchos en San Sebastián.  

Cansada de la rutina hogareña, del marido, de su insatisfacción sexual y de la posible guerra en Irak, Rosa —una espléndida Carmen Machi— decide largarse mientras él duerme. 

Antes un poco de labial, una peluca mona y sus respectivos tacones, Rosa se ha quitado 10 años de encima. Así comienza su travesía, en medio de la deficiencia de los servicios, en una parte de Madrid que desea dormir.