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Volver
Character: Raimunda
Year: 2006
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Genre: Comedy / Drama
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some sexual content and language
Other Cast: Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo
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Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.
They are Raimunda, who is married to an unemployed labourer and has a teenage daughter; Sole, her sister, who makes a living as a hairdresser; and the mother of both, who died in a fire along with her husband.
This character appears first to her sister and then to Sole, although the people with whom she has some unresolved matters are Raimunda and her neighbour in the village, Agustina.
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Penélope considers Volver as some of her best work and says that Almodóvar is her favorite director.
According to Pedro Almodóvar, there's only one fake element in Raimunda's body: the bottom. He said that this kind of characters are usually big-bottomed people, and that Penélope is just too stylized.
The cast got to rehearsal for more then 3 months and Penélope had to take cooking, cleaning lessons and to interview the women of the town, La Mancha to make every detail perfect for the movie.
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Penélope Cruz on Pedro Almodóvar "There is one and only one Pedro, he is my priority in all fields. He writes for women who are 14, 35, 50 or 80 years old, this film is perfect example; there are lots of female characters of all ages in his films. I'm sure that my career wouldn't have been the same without Pedro, my life wouldn't have been the same without him. I hope that in the future that this will continue. I am very grateful to possibilities given to me somewhere else, it is interesting, one can learn a lot, but I worked in the United States for seven years, and in Europe for about fifteen, but Pedro still remains truly exceptional for me."
Penélope Cruz on Pedro Almodóvar "Everybody always said to him that he understood women to their very souls. In the present case, this energy, so feminine, was absolutely essential to the film. It is highly surprising to see how he observes, as he knows what we feel. There are many things which he doesn't know about me, secrets which I hide from him. I realise, however, that he knows everything, even before I express it. He has a particular eye, it is totally astonishing to see to what point he understands each and every facet of women. I don't understand how he can do it... He has, moreover, the courage to show us what he sees, and without judging. He is incredible."
Pedro Almodóvar on Volver "This film is my deepest return ever to the origin, to my origins. It is the theme which touches me. I felt something really particular, a kind of reconciliation with my roots. I was born in La Mancha, I lived in Madrid, I travelled a lot, but this film above all reconciled me with my youth. In Volver, I speak of the women around me when I was a child. I was brought up by women, the men being in fields, whom I practically never saw. Volver speaks of the way I grew up, listening to these women. I would hear them singing whenever I went along the riverbanks with my mother; I accompanied her from my very earliest age. That's how I learnt a lot about dramatic art, there are many roles that I have written which were inspired by my sisters or my mother, by characters firmly anchored in reality, even if they belong to the realm of fiction. They are characters who spin extraordinary tales, which has always immensely impressed me."
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