Volver
Pedro Almodóvar
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her boyfriend Paco and her 14-year-old daughter Paula. Raimunda and shy, lovelorn sister Sole, return to their native village to see their ageing aunt. When the aunt dies, Sole asks her sister to help organise the funeral. But Raimunda is far too busy hiding the body of Paco, killed by her daughter when he tried to rape her.
With : Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Bianca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre
Screenplay : Pedro Almodovar
Image : José Luis Alcaine
Editing : José Salcedo
Music : Alberto Iglesias, Estrella Morente
Screenplay : Pedro Almodovar
Image : José Luis Alcaine
Editing : José Salcedo
Music : Alberto Iglesias, Estrella Morente
Production : El Deseo
Distribution: Pathé Distribution
Distribution: Pathé Distribution
In Castillian volver means to return. After two very masculine films, Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and La mala educación (Bad Education), Pedro Almodóvar returns to his love for women. But above all he gives his interpretation of a return to life, to family solidarity shown through three generations of women, in this film where once again we see his obsessions and his visual style (fantasy, dreams, sensuality, saturated colours). "Volver has many many stories: murder, incest, adultery, mourning, haunting, ... Dark secrets which weave and unweave. Fates criss-crossing with great virtuosity. Old wives' tales and the truly down to earth. Pure melodrama. Everything goes very fast, driven forward by the energy and the power of Raimunda" (Emmanuel Burdeau).