November 15, 2006

Volver is Pedro Almodovar's new movie starring Penelope Cruz. The movie revolves around this family of strong-willed women. Raimunda (Cruz) and her sister Soledad (Lola Dueñas), come from a town where the women out live the men. Their parents have died and people in town say Irene's spirit, their mother (Carmen Maura), has come back. There are secrets upon secrets that explain the decisions these women have made during their lives. Decisions without knowing all the facts, to spare or save someone else and just simply out of love.

The movie is definitely worth seeing. One thing I find interesting is Penelope Cruz. You see her in these spanish films and she's a wonderful, talented actress. I don't understand why her english roles just haven't been up to par. And you can't particularly count Vanilla Sky because that was just a remake of Abre Los Ojos...which by the way, is 10 times better than the english version. Anyway, that's just a tangent and observation.

The characters are funny, mysterious and relatable. Almodovar movies are always attention grabbers and this one is no exception. Go see it. :)