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Volver a empezar

  • 19821982
  • PGPG
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.5K
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POPULARITY
71,035
2,449
Volver a empezar (1982)
Drama
A Nobel prize winner returns to his natal city looking for his home.A Nobel prize winner returns to his natal city looking for his home.A Nobel prize winner returns to his natal city looking for his home.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
71,035
2,449
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    • Director
      • José Luis Garci
    • Writers
      • José Luis Garci
      • Ángel Llorente
      • Jaime Camino(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Antonio Ferrandis
      • Encarna Paso
      • José Bódalo
    Top credits
    • Director
      • José Luis Garci
    • Writers
      • José Luis Garci
      • Ángel Llorente
      • Jaime Camino(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Antonio Ferrandis
      • Encarna Paso
      • José Bódalo
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    • 15User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Antonio Ferrandis and Encarna Paso in Volver a empezar (1982)
    Encarna Paso in Volver a empezar (1982)
    Encarna Paso in Volver a empezar (1982)
    Volver a empezar (1982)
    José Bódalo and Antonio Ferrandis in Volver a empezar (1982)

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    Antonio Ferrandis
    Antonio Ferrandis
    • Antonio Albajara
    Encarna Paso
    Encarna Paso
    • Elena
    José Bódalo
    José Bódalo
    • Roxiu
    • (as Jose Bodalo)
    Agustín González
    Agustín González
    • Gervasio Losada
    • (as Agustin Gonzalez)
    Pablo Hoyos
    • Ernesto
    Marta Fernández Muro
    Marta Fernández Muro
    • Carolina
    • (as Marta Fernandez Muro)
    Pablo del Hoyo
    • Sabino
    Pedro Ruiz
    • Juan Carlos I
    • (voice)
    Manuel Vega-Arango
    • Self
    Alfonso Cabeza
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Luis Fernández de Eribe
      Antonio Maceda
      • Self
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • José Luis Garci
      • Writers
        • José Luis Garci
        • Ángel Llorente
        • Jaime Camino(uncredited)
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      • Trivia
        The first Spanish film to win an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film.
      • Connections
        Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
      • Soundtracks
        Canon in D Major
        By Johann Pachelbel

      User reviews15

      Review
      Top review
      10/10
      An affecting film of love and loss.
      I write this principally in response to the critical comments you print under this title from, "Chuck V", who appears to have missed the point of this film entirely...I have seen "Volver a Empezar"--in parts---both on the Sundance Channel and TVE (the Spanish Television Network). Since then I have been hunting for it high and low here and in Canada so that I could see it from beginning to end, without interruption... It is a brilliant and affecting film, probably best appreciated by mature audiences with some grounding and sensitivity to literature and history and a cinematic background that antedates Cineplexes and four-wall stereophonic sound...It is a brilliant and pointed film, winning the Foreigh Film Oscar for that year...Yes, I love Pachelbel's Canon; and I could hear "begin the Beguine" endlessly--whether it's the Artie Shaw version or Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dancing the hell out of it in "Broadway Melody of 1940...One may care not a whit about the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, loss of one's love and country and long exile, or, lastly, the illusion of triumphant return and recovery in late middle age, but there has to be admiration for sensitive direction and montage, and graceful and impacting performances by mature actors.
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      • Dec 9, 2006

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      • Release date
        • March 29, 1982 (Spain)
      • Country of origin
        • Spain
      • Languages
        • Spanish
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Starting Over
      • Filming locations
        • Cudillero, Asturias, Spain
      • Production company
        • Nickel Odeon
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      • Budget
        • ESP 40,000,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 27 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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