Volver [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Penelope CruzBrand: CRUZ,PENELOPE
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-04-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Reviews of Volver [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: A thought provoker
Summary: 5 Stars
The subject matter of this film is quite dark. Without giving the story away, it deals with the lives of a Spaniard family, that starts with a visit to their "Tia" (the sister of their deceased mother), who is old and very close to death. At first glance, you won't be able to discern where the movie is heading, as it starts in a very normal way. However, as the twists and revelations start coming, you'll be taken through a sad, yet ultimately endearing journey of guilt, sins, and forgiveness.
The acting in this film is top notch. With the entire cast pushing in some impressive performances. I highly recommend you see this film in its original language (Spanish), as I've always found that viewing movies that way allows you to feel the power of the performances that much more. Penelope Cruz is especially divine in this film, giving us a heartfelt and humorous performance; you'll be presently surprised how much understated humor this film has, considering the seriousness of the film.
My recommendation is two thumbs up.
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Description of Volver [Blu-ray]
From two-time Academy Award®-winner Pedro Almodovar (2003, Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her; 2000, Best Foreign Language Film, All About My Mother) comes Volver, a comedic and compassionate tribute to women and their resilience in the face of life's most outrageous tribulations. A luminous Penelope Cruz leads an ensemble of gifted actresses, including Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). Raimunda (Cruz) and her sister Sole lost their parents in a tragic fire years ago, or did they? Superstitious villagers claim that the girls departed mother, Irene (Maura), has been seen wandering around their Aunt Paula's home. When Irene appears to Sole, she explains that she has returned to set right her daughters' troubled lives and reveal shocking secrets that will impact everyone! Raimunda has "female troubles" of her own, least of which is a corpse in the freezer! Winner of numerous film festival and critics' awards, Volver is a hilarious tale of love, loss and forgiveness.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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