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Spanish for "Coming Back," Volver is a return to the all-female format of All About My Mother. Unlike Pedro Almodóvar's previous two pictures, the story revolves around a group of women in Madrid and his native La Mancha. (The cast received a collective best actress award at Cannes.) Raimunda (a zaftig Penélope Cruz) is the engine powering this heartfelt, yet humorous vehicle. When husband Paco (Antonio de la Torre) is murdered, Raimunda makes like Mildred Pierce to deflect attention away from daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo). After telling everyone the lout has left, she struggles to conceal his body. The other women in her life all have secrets of their own. Her sister, Sole (Lola Dueñas), for instance, has taken in their mother, Irene (a sprightly Carmen Maura). Since Irene perished in a fire, is this person a ghost or simply a woman who looks like her? Then there's their childhood friend, Agustina (Blanca Portillo), who is desperate to find out why her mother disappeared after the blaze. Was she responsible? Almodóvar deftly blends the ghost story with the murder mystery in his tribute to the Italian neo-realist films of the 1950s. The resilient Raimunda is a throwback to the earthy heroines of Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani. The latter appears in Luchino Visconti's Bellissima, which shows up on Sole's television one night (thus confirming the link). If Almodóvar’s 16th feature lacks the emotional punch of the more audacious Talk to Her, it's less heavy-handed than Bad Education and Cruz is a revelation. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Following the passing away of their mother in a fire, Raimunda (Penelope Cruz, VANILLA SKY) and Sole (Lola Duenas, TALK TO HER), leave their home town of La Mancha to live in Madrid. Raimunda lives with her daughter and unsupportive husband, taking on menial jobs, while Sole works in secret as a hairdresser. The only member of their family to remain in La Mancha is their Aunt Paula, who speaks of their deceased mum as if she were alive. The sisters also visit their friend Augustina, who remains devastated by the death of the mother. When Paula dies, the situation changes and the sisters find themselves communicating with their apparently deceased mother. Pedro Almodovar directs this mysterious and suspenseful film with panache and Penelope Cruz--with the enhancement of a prosthetic backside--shines in a sparkling performance.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   15 of 16 people found the following review helpful: Almodovar Does It Again, 31 Dec 2007 By  David Rush (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews    Volver is another masterpiece from filmmaker Pedro Almodovar which stars Penelope Cruz in an Oscar-nominated performance as Raimunda, a hard working Mother living in Madrid with her daughter. Her sister Sole lives nearby and the pair are extremely close. Their simple lives take a supernatural turn, however, when their deceased Mother comes back into the picture. Or is she? An intriguing and heartfelt portrait of the lives of the women from one family that will never be the same again. Everything about this film screams Almodovar and he is still on top form with this, his twenty-ninth film, examining one of his favourite subjects: women. Penelope Cruz shines in a performance that should have bagged her an Academy Award and the ensemble cast were rightly awarded the Best Actress trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. Unforgettable.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   17 of 20 people found the following review helpful: Pleasantly surprised, 10 Mar 2007 By  H. M. Kingston "gooner" (Worksop, England) - See all my reviews    This was the first Pedro Almodavar film we'd seen and had only seen Penelope Cruz once before in the undemanding role she had in Captain Corelli's Mandolin. For the first fifteen minutes or so we thought it be the equivalent of a novel in the 'magic realism' mode or somesuch and my heart sank. But no, it took off and really gripped us. Cruz was great in her role which let her take all 'certain' events that befell her family in her stride with pragmatism and even humour. Excellent movie.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   8 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Welcome Back Carmen Maura, 6 Mar 2007 By  Mr. S. D. Usher "sdusher69" (London) - See all my reviews    I loved this movie. I still rate "All about my mother" as a better film, but this was a very moving, very funny movie. Even with some of the darker subject matter, it still proved very powerful. It was good to see Carmen Maura back on the screen in an Almodovar movie. Cruz was also exceptional. Even the lesser characters such as the woman waiting to have their hair done were good, their dialogue funny.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?