Volver 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.
Theatrical release poster
Almodóvar and Cruz on the red carpet at the 2006 Prince of Asturias Awards.
Image: Premios Goya 2018 Penélope Cruz
Image: Blanca Portillo en Almagro (cropped)
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narratives. Desire, LGBT issues, passion, family, motherhood, and identity are among Almodóvar's most prevalent subjects in his films. Acclaimed as one of the most internationally successful Spanish filmmakers, Almodóvar and his films have gained worldwide interest and developed a cult following.
Almodóvar in 2018
Pedro Almodóvar (1988)
Almodóvar at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
Almodóvar with Victoria Abril, star of High Heels, at the 1993 César Awards in Paris