moviegrande.com review:
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Yohana Cobo, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio De La Torre, Carmen Machi, Yolanda Ramos, Maria Isabel Diaz
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by: Agustin Almodovar, Esther Garcia
Running Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some sexual content and language.
Release Date: November 3rd, 2006
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
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Synopsis: VOLVER is a meeting of “Mildred Pierce” and “Arsenic and Old Lace”, combined with the surrealistic naturalism of my fourth film, “¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!!” (“What have I done to Deserve This?”), that is, Madrid and its lively working-class neighbourhoods, where the immigrants from the various Spanish provinces share dreams, lives and fortune with a multitude of ethnic groups and other races. At the heart of this social framework, three generations of women survive wind, fire and even death, thanks to goodness, audacity and a limitless vitality.
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