Volver (2006)

dir: Pedro Almodóvar

Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and Sole (short for Soledad, loneliness) (Lola Dueñas) are sisters who grew up in a small village in La Mancha but now both live in Madrid. Their parents died in a tragic fire a few years prior to the beginning of the film. The events which occurred on the night of the fire are only gradually revealed, but are central to the plot.

Cast:

Penélope Cruz Raimunda
Carmen Maura Irene
Lola Dueñas Sole
Blanca Portillo Agustina
Yohana Cobo Paula
Chus Lampreave Tía Paula
Antonio de la Torre Paco
Carlos Blanco Emilio
María Isabel Díaz Regina
Neus Sanz Inés
Leandro Rivera Auxiliar Producción
Yolanda Ramos Presentadora TV
Carlos García Cambero Carlos
Pepa Aniorte Vecina
Elvira Cuadrupani Vecina
María Alfonsa Rosso Vecina
Fany de Castro Vecina
Eli Iranzo Vecina
Magdalena Brotto Vecina
Isabel Ayúcar Vecina
Concha Galán Vecina
Mari Franç Torres Vecina
Natalia Roig Vecina
Agustín Almodóvar Empleado ferretería
Pilar Castro Ayudante de la presentadora
Luis Lattanzi Hungry second camera assistant
Carmen Machi Hermana de Agustina
Raimunda Sánchez Expósito Elderly woman who falls asleep in funeral

Camilo Mendoza rated Volver

8 stars

Tityron wrote about Volver (7)

Warning: spoiler ahead.—It took me a couple days to understand why I found this movie to be no more than good: it is overfull. It exposesjuvenile incest and rape, murder by stabbing perpetrated by a minor with a complete lack of guilt, unfaithfulness and perversity, double murder by fire, a deceased then resurrected mother, superstition, end-stage cancer, media-induced loss of dignity, family lies and traumas, and I'm missing some. One single theme in this list is difficult enough to study in a full-length [...] Read more

7 stars

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8 stars

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