Volver Movie Preview
September 28th 2006 09:26
Volver is a 2006 Spanish language film by director Pedro Almodóvar. It was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or (Gold Palm) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won two awards: Best Actress [shared by the six main actresses] and Best Screenplay. Its premiere was held on March 10, 2006 in Puertollano, Spain where the filming had taken place. Volver in Spanish means "to return". It will be released in the US on November 3rd and limited release in Australia on December 21st.
It is the first internationally-successful Spanish-language film starring Penélope Cruz, whose successes have been in English films. She has been tipped to receive an Oscar nomination for the role.
Raimunda (Cruz) lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her husband Paco who's always drunk. Her sister Sole works as a women's hairdresser. The two sisters lost their parents in a fire in their birth village La Mancha years ago. Their only family member who remains in the village is their aunt Paula. The ghost of the girls mother Irene returns to her home town in order to fix the situations should couldn't resolve during her life.
The film got rave reviews when it was released in Spain. Fotogramas, the country's top film magazine, gave it a five-star rating. It also received a standing ovation when it was screened at Cannes Film Festival.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by: Esther García, Augstín Almodóvar
Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: November 3rd, 2006 - US; December 21st, 2006 - AUS; August 25th, 2006 - UK; March 10th, 2006 - Spain
Runtime: 121 min
Language: Spanish
Rating: R - US; some sexual content and language
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Volver.
It is the first internationally-successful Spanish-language film starring Penélope Cruz, whose successes have been in English films. She has been tipped to receive an Oscar nomination for the role.
Raimunda (Cruz) lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her husband Paco who's always drunk. Her sister Sole works as a women's hairdresser. The two sisters lost their parents in a fire in their birth village La Mancha years ago. Their only family member who remains in the village is their aunt Paula. The ghost of the girls mother Irene returns to her home town in order to fix the situations should couldn't resolve during her life.
The film got rave reviews when it was released in Spain. Fotogramas, the country's top film magazine, gave it a five-star rating. It also received a standing ovation when it was screened at Cannes Film Festival.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by: Esther García, Augstín Almodóvar
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: November 3rd, 2006 - US; December 21st, 2006 - AUS; August 25th, 2006 - UK; March 10th, 2006 - Spain
Runtime: 121 min
Language: Spanish
Rating: R - US; some sexual content and language
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Volver.
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