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Volver

  • 2006
  • R
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
105K
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Penélope Cruz in Volver (2006)
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ComedyDrama

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

  • Director
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Stars
    • Penélope Cruz
    • Carmen Maura
    • Lola Dueñas
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    105K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Stars
      • Penélope Cruz
      • Carmen Maura
      • Lola Dueñas
    • 260User reviews
    • 145Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 61 wins & 94 nominations total

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    Trailer 1:41
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    Blanca Portillo in Volver (2006)
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    Penélope Cruz, Yohana Cobo, Lola Dueñas, and Chus Lampreave in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz and Yohana Cobo in Volver (2006)
    Carmen Maura in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz and Yohana Cobo in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz and Yohana Cobo in Volver (2006)
    Penélope Cruz and Yohana Cobo in Volver (2006)

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    Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz
    • Raimunda
    Carmen Maura
    Carmen Maura
    • Irene
    Lola Dueñas
    Lola Dueñas
    • Sole
    Blanca Portillo
    Blanca Portillo
    • Agustina
    Yohana Cobo
    Yohana Cobo
    • Paula
    Chus Lampreave
    Chus Lampreave
    • Tía Paula
    Antonio de la Torre
    Antonio de la Torre
    • Paco
    Carlos Blanco
    • Emilio
    María Isabel Díaz Lago
    • Regina
    • (as Mª Isabel Díaz)
    Neus Sanz
    • Inés
    Leandro Rivera
    Leandro Rivera
    • Auxiliar Producción
    Pepa Aniorte
    • Vecina
    Yolanda Ramos
    Yolanda Ramos
    • Presentadora TV
    Elvira Cuadrupani
    Elvira Cuadrupani
    • Vecina
    María Alfonsa Rosso
    María Alfonsa Rosso
    • Vecina
    • (as Alfonsa Rosso)
    Fanny de Castro
    • Vecina
    Eli Iranzo
    • Vecina
    Carlos García Cambero
    • Carlos
    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Penélope Cruz became the first Spanish actress ever to be nominated for Best Lead Actress at the Oscars.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 30 mins) When Agustina is talking on the TV show about her mother's vanishing, she says that it happened "hace ya casi cuatro años" ("nearly four years ago"), yet her lips are clearly saying "hace ya casi tres años" ("nearly three years ago").
    • Quotes

      Irene: Don't say that, Raimunda, or I'll start crying. And ghosts don't cry.

    • Connections
      Featured in Smagsdommerne: Episode #4.2 (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Volver
      Music by Carlos Gardel

      Lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera (as Alfredo La Pera)

      ©1961 by Warner/Chappel Music Argentina

      Recorded at Sonoland, Madrid (September 2005)

      Performed by Estrella Morente

      Produced by Enrique Morente

      Guitar by Montoyita

      Claps by Bandolero, Negri and Pepe Luis Carmona

    User reviews260

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    9/10
    the town and the city
    EPIC COMEDY If we get to forget the delirious and delicious comedy side of the film, we find an epic story of what the second half of the past century was for so many women in Spain. Moving from the town to the city(from La Mancha to Madrid, from great patio houses full of architectural wisdom to terrific social housing apartments in the suburbs of the city), fighting against the elements(fire that burns down like love, wind that drives you crazy, water that used to fill our rivers and now is gone), having bad luck with men as the only possible fate, exercising companionship, imagination, tenderness and shrewdness as their only weapons for surviving. Keeping dignity untouched inside them.

    ACTRESSES Pedro Almodovar in this film is like a top ten chef reinventing the most popular dishes of his own culture! The movie is a tasting menu of the greatest playing actresses with the best possible direction. The wild instinct of Penelope to construct a suburban animal, with strong links to Italian mommas, the touching interpretation of Blanca Portillo, simply mind blowing, the master lesson from Chus Lampreave that fills the theater with rivers of affection, the young actress Yohana Cobo that achieves success in some of the most difficult takes in the film, and Lola Dueñas that gets the plainest part and gives it a huge dimension with high level performance for comedy. And Carmen Maura, that stars the story like a Japanese terror movie star, she is like the Obi-Wan Kenobi of La Mancha.

    DENSITY AND GRATITUDE So we have an epic story, great actresses, and a refined comedy that fills the spectator with gratitude, at least that is my case. I just have no defense in front of a film like this, that tells me a great story, makes me laugh, and has the highest detail density in objects colors, comments, views, gestures, references, movements and subplots. That is probably the only trouble with it, more than one view is necessary to catch it all, if possible!
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    • jartcrouge
    • Mar 20, 2006

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    • Release date
      • January 26, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Sony Classics Pictures (United States)
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • To Return
    • Filming locations
      • Almagro, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Canal+ España
      • El Deseo
      • Ministerio de Cultura
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €7,450,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,899,867
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $202,000
      • Nov 5, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $85,603,360
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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