Volver
1 Oscar Nominations
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Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.
What critics thought
Volver arrived to near-universal admiration, with critics marveling at how Almodóvar transforms a plot loaded with death, betrayal, and dark secrets into something warm and life-affirming rather than grim. The film's tonal balancing act — comedy sitting alongside tragedy, artifice sitting alongside emotional honesty — was the central subject of most praise, with Penélope Cruz's performance and José Luis Alcaine's cinematography frequently singled out.
“Almodovar is above all a director who loves women—young, old, professional, amateur, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, dead, alive. Here his cheerful plot combines life after death with the concealment of murder, success in the restaurant business, the launching of daughters and with completely serendipitous solutions to (almost) everyone's problems”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorPedro Almodóvar
StarringPenélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo
ComposerAlberto Iglesias
Volver
1 Oscar Nominations
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.
What critics thought
Volver arrived to near-universal admiration, with critics marveling at how Almodóvar transforms a plot loaded with death, betrayal, and dark secrets into something warm and life-affirming rather than grim. The film's tonal balancing act — comedy sitting alongside tragedy, artifice sitting alongside emotional honesty — was the central subject of most praise, with Penélope Cruz's performance and José Luis Alcaine's cinematography frequently singled out.
“Almodovar is above all a director who loves women—young, old, professional, amateur, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, dead, alive. Here his cheerful plot combines life after death with the concealment of murder, success in the restaurant business, the launching of daughters and with completely serendipitous solutions to (almost) everyone's problems”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorPedro Almodóvar
StarringPenélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo
ComposerAlberto Iglesias
Rent/Purchase