Volver(Movie, 2006)

Name: Volver
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 2006
Duration: T02:1:00
Rating: 3.7

| 2h 1min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 737 votes)

Volver (Spanish pronunciation: [bolˈβeɾ], meaning "to go back") is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid, Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends. The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film The Flower of My Secret (1995), where it features as a novel which is rejected ... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Volver

European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Cinematographer European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award for Best Director European Film Academy Lux Award nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: European Film Award for Best Film nominated for: European Film Award for Best Actress nominated for: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer nominated for: European Film Award for Best Composer nominated for: European Film Award for Best Director nominated for: European Film Academy Lux Award nominated for: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

About Volver

Raimunda lives and works in Madrid with her husband Paco and their daughter Paula. Raimunda's sister Sole lives nearby. The two sisters miss their mother Irene who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. When a former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene, the daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, however, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to comfort them.

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Trailer for Volver + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer(Trailer, 1:41)

Trailer (Trailer) | Volver (Zurückkehren) ≣ 2006 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Penélope Cruz in Almodóvar’s VOLVER – HD Trailer (Trailer, ES) | Trailer (Trailer, DE) | German Clip (Clip, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.volver-lapelicula.com

Production country: Spain

Shot in: Madrid

Plays in: Madrid, La Mancha

Made by: Canal+ España, El Deseo, Televisión Española, Ministerio de Cultura España

Original language: Spanish (ES)

Spoken languages: Spanish (ES)

Translated into 26 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/03/2006 (World premiere: 03/17/2006)

Cast: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo, Antonio de la Torre, Yolanda Ramos, María Isabel Díaz, Carmen Machi, Pilar Castro, Neus Sanz i Escobar

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Producer: Esther García

Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar

Executive Producer: Agustín Almodóvar

Film Editor: José Salcedo

Director of Photography: José Luis Alcaine Escaño

Composer: Alberto Iglesias

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Volver - Zurückkehren"

"(16) Volver"

"Volver - Paluu"

"Vraćam se"

"Lahazor"

"The Return"

"Volver - Tornare"

"ボルベール"

"귀향"

"Volver - Å Vende Tilbake"

"Volver: Å vende tilbake"

"Voltar"

"Att återvända"

"Dönüs"

"玩美女人"

"To Return"

Keywords: abusive father, madrid, spain, child abuse, superstition, sexual abuse, rape, return, solidarity, death, fire, ghost, village

Budget: 12,899,867 USD

Revenue: 85,582,407 USD (= 663%)

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Volver(Movie, 2006)

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