In twenty-one years, the festival became like part of my family.” Almodovar, referencing the 1988 NYFF screening of his “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” went on to explain that that particular fest was also where he began his “very important relationship” with Sony Pictures Classics. "For me this is to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of these very two very important relations - ours to this festival and to Sony Pictures Classics ... They became like the best bridges between my movies and my country and my future and this town and this country and this future. To them I say, I love you very much." Sony Classics - who has released the vast majority of Almodovar’s films in the U.S. since their inaugural partnering on “Breakdown” - is releasing “Embraces” this November. Full Article at Indie Wire