Volver means to come back, and Pedro Almodovar's love letter to resilient women who transcend secrets, lies and bitter disappointment through ferocious love for their families is a series of variations on a theme of returning: Revisiting your roots, mending relationships, reconsidering the past and even coming back from the dead. Sultry, outspoken Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and her introverted sister, Soledad — appropriately nicknamed Sole (Lola Duenas) — both left their tiny La Mancha hometown for Madrid, but regularly make the long drive back. They worry about their elderly Aunt Paula (Chus Lampreave), with whom Raimunda lived as a teenager and after whom she ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
121 mins