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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
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.
They are Raimunda (Pénelope Cruz), who is married
to an unemployed labourer and has a teenage daughter (Yohana
Cobo); Sole (Lola Dueñas), her sister, who makes a
living as a hairdresser; and the mother of both (Carmen Maura),
who died in a fire along with her husband. This character
appears first to her sister (Chus Lampreave) and then to Sole,
although the people with whom she has some unresolved matters
are Raimunda and her neighbour in the village, Agustina (Blanca
Portillo).
VOLVER is not a surrealistic comedy although it may seem
so at times. The living and the dead coexist without any discord,
causing situations that are either hilarious or filled with
a deep, genuine emotion. It's a film about the culture of
death in my native La Mancha. The people there practice it
with an admirable naturalness. The way in which the dead continue
to be present in their lives, the richness and humanity of
their rites mean that the dead never die.
VOLVER destroys all the clichés about "black"
Spain and offers a Spain that is as real as it is the opposite.
A Spain that is white, spontaneous, funny, intrepid, supportive
and fair.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date:
November 3, 2006
RELATED LINKS__________
MORE INFO: Poster / Photos from the film
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