Volver

Volver(2006)

Genre: Adventure / Comedy

Cast: Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueas, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave, Leandro Rivera, Antonio de la Torre, Estrella Morente, Pilar Castro, Yolanda Ramos, Neus Sanz, Concha Galán, Fanny de Castro, Carlos Blanco, Pepa Aniorte

Director: Pedro Almodovar
Writer: Pedro Almodovar

Almodovar & Penélope

Plot : After her death, a mother (Maura) returns to her home town in order to fix the situations should couldn't resolve during her life. Of her family left in the town, her ghost slowly becomes a comfort to her daughters (Cruz, Dueas), as well as her grandchild (Cobo).The film, which stars Penelope Cruz and Carmen Maura is a meeting of "Mildred Pierce" (Michael Curtiz) and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Frank Capra), combined with the surrealistic naturalism of Amodovar's fourth film "What Have I Done to Deserve This?". The backdrop is Madrid and its lively working-class neighbourhoods, where the immigrants from the various Spanish provinces share dreams, lives and fortune with a multitude of ethnic groups, and other races. At the heart of this social framework, three generations of women who survive wind, fire and even death, thanks to audacity, goodness and a limitless vitality.