List Price: £19.99Amazon.co.uk's Price: £5.98 You Save: £14.01 (70%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060002834916
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishSubtitledSpanishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: February 12, 2007
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating: -
Another one of Almodovar's brilliant works. Not his best, but still, not a disappointment in any way. Loved the acting and even the mother had her part to play, at first making us wonder whether we are indeed seeing a ghost... are we? Far be it from me to spoil that bit! The part where Cruz sings and the mother watches on and sings is heart-wrenching.
For those that haven't seen the other Almodovar works, you're missing out. Then again, if you don't enjoy this movie, then perhaps his works ... Read More
Rating:  -
As a Spain-ophile I love the idea of Pedro Almodovar and the Movida but when I watch the movies they never live up to the hype. Volver bites off a lot more than it can chew. The main theme is something like how women are forced into colluding with family secrets and how this compromises their relationships with each other. However, it throws in child abuse, reality TV, hairdressing and a lot more besides. The problem is that none of these are dramatised in terms of character development, the screenplay ... Read More
Rating: -
There is no doubtng the beauty of Penelope Cruz, but after a few dodgy English language films (Sahara, Vanilla Sky etc) her acting ability has seriously been called into queston. Volver totaly debunks these doubts, she provides charm, vulnerability, feminine strength and a huge amount of sex appeal to a character that can at times be totally unsympathetic. The supporting cast is just as impressive, typical of Almodovar which is no bad thing - if you look in the dictionary for the word 'quirky' it should ... Read More
Rating:  -
... piece of cinema. Volver is the culminating film of Almodovar's return to the pastoral. His most self-reflexive film, Volver examines Spain's rural community, here La Mancha, Almodovar's birth place, and the importance it places on family. Meaning 'to return', the film includes another sparkling performance from Penelope Cruz, unrecognisable from her Hollywood sojourn, and the 'return' of Carmen Maura from her eighteen year hiatus. This film is majestic. The colours, the mise-en-scene, the music, locations ... Read More
Rating: -
Penelope Cruz (Vanilla Sky) stars as Raimunda, a woman who is trying to focus on multiple jobs, her family and the death of her mother. She doesn't know however that her sister is being visited by the ghost of her mother.
Cruz is excellent as the lead, a very strong woman trying to hold life together. Her timing, facial expressions and general charisma infront of the camera is excellent and definitely Oscar worthy. Her strong position in this film will be a landmark for female actresses everywhere, ... Read More
Easy Gripper
These galvanised
|
![: Volver (Almodovar) [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ksocon-iL._SL160_.jpg)
