Volver is a meeting of 'Mildred Pierce' and 'Arsenic and Old Lace', combined with the surrealistic naturalism of my fourth film, '?Qu? 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 (Penelope Cruz), who is married to an unemployed labourer and has a teenage daughter (Yohana Cobo); Sole (Lola Due?as), 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 neighb
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Length: 01:41 Posted: 7/23/2009
