Volver (Spanish: "to return" (specifically: to return to a place), pronounced [bolˈβer]) is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar.
Volver was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won two awards: Best Actress (shared by the six main actresses) and Best Screenplay. The film's premiere was held on March 10, 2006, in Puertollano, Spain, where the filming had taken place. Penélope Cruz...
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Volver (Spanish: "to return" (specifically: to return to a place), pronounced [bolˈβer]) is a 2006 Spanish film by director Pedro Almodóvar.
Volver was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won two awards: Best Actress (shared by the six main actresses) and Best Screenplay. The film's premiere was held on March 10, 2006, in Puertollano, Spain, where the filming had taken place. Penélope Cruz was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second Spanish woman ever to be nominated in that category.
The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film The Flower of My Secret, where it features as a novel which is rejected for publication but is stolen to form the screenplay of a film The Freezer.
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and Sole (short for Soledad, loneliness) (Lola Dueñas) are sisters who grew up in a small village in La Mancha but now both live in Madrid. Their parents died in a tragic fire a few years prior...
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