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- Original title
- Volver
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 116 min.
- Country
Spain- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Penélope Cruz
Carmen Maura
Chus Lampreave
Lola Dueñas
Blanca Portillo
Yohana Cobo
Antonio de la Torre
María Isabel Díaz
Neus Sanz
Leandro Rivera
Carlos Blanco
Pepa Aniorte
Yolanda Ramos- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Comedy | Melodrama. Family Relationships
- Synopsis
- Three generations of women survive easterly wind, fire, madness, superstition and even death through goodness, lies and an unlimited vitality. They are: Raimunda, married to an unemployed worker, and her teenager daughter. Sole, her sister, who earns her living as hairdresser. And their mother, dead in a burning, with her husband. This character comes as an apparition first to her sister and then to Sole, even though the ones she had unsettled affairs with were Raimunda and her village neighbour, Agustina. ‘Volver’ is not a surreal comedy, though it might seem so at times. The living and the dead live together without problems, but provoking hilarious situations and others full of deep and genuine emotion. It is a movie about the culture of death in my native region, La Mancha. My folks there live it in astonishing simplicity. The way in which the dead are still present in their lifes, the richness and humanity of their rites makes it possible for the dead to never really die. ‘Volver’ shatters all clichés of a dark Spain and shows a Spain that is as real as it is opposed. A white Spain, spontaneous, fun, fearless, fair and with solidarity.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2006: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actress (Penélope Cruz)2006: Golden Globe: Nominated for Best Actress Drama & Foreign Film2006: Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Female Cast)2006: 5 European Film Awards: including Best Director, Best Actress (Cruz)2006: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Cruz) & Foreign Film2006: 5 Goya Awards, including Best Movie, Director & Actress (Cruz). 14 Nom.
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- 11 My Favorite Movies from Spain (341)
- 13 My Top 10 Movies from 2006 (319)
- 42 Movies with a Great Female Lead (65)
- 46 Best Movies I've Seen in Theaters Lately (34)
- 69 My Favorite Movies from Europe & Latin America (35)
- 89 My Top 20 Movies from the 2000s (79)
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