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Volver [videorecording] / El Deseo S.A. with the participation of Canal+ España ; Ministerio de Cultura ; Televisión Española (TVE) ; produced by Esther García ; writer, Pedro Almodóvar ; directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 15283 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: Spanish Summary language: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1424819512
  • 9781424819515
Other title:
  • To return
Uniform titles:
  • Volver (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C55 .V65847 2007
Contents:
Cleaning the graves -- Aunt Paula -- Augustina -- Paco lost another job -- Paula's trouble -- Opportunity and a loss -- Freezing Paco -- Sudden opportunity -- Seeing ghosts -- Mother in the trunk -- Three women and a freezer -- Mother, the Russian assistant -- Close call -- Who's my father? -- Wrap party -- Restaurant for sale -- Agustina's wish -- Heart to heart -- How to get rid of your man -- Mothers and fathers -- Where's the Russian? -- Agustina on TV -- Raimunda's surprise -- Daughter's tears -- What really happened -- Family without men -- One knows what the other seeks -- Closure.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, José Luis Alcaine ; editor, José Salcedo ; music, Alberto Iglesias ; costume designer, Bina Daigeler ; production designer, Salvador Parra.
  • Cannes Film Festival, 2006: Best Actress (To the female ensemble cast); Best Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar).
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre, Carlos Blanco.Summary: Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past returns(volver).
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Visual Materials Visual Materials Nash Library Lobby DVD boxes DVD 114 1 Available 33710001046908

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.

Title from container.

Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre, Carlos Blanco.

Director of photography, José Luis Alcaine ; editor, José Salcedo ; music, Alberto Iglesias ; costume designer, Bina Daigeler ; production designer, Salvador Parra.

MPAA rating: R; some sexual content and language.

Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past returns(volver).

Cannes Film Festival, 2006: Best Actress (To the female ensemble cast); Best Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar).

Cleaning the graves -- Aunt Paula -- Augustina -- Paco lost another job -- Paula's trouble -- Opportunity and a loss -- Freezing Paco -- Sudden opportunity -- Seeing ghosts -- Mother in the trunk -- Three women and a freezer -- Mother, the Russian assistant -- Close call -- Who's my father? -- Wrap party -- Restaurant for sale -- Agustina's wish -- Heart to heart -- How to get rid of your man -- Mothers and fathers -- Where's the Russian? -- Agustina on TV -- Raimunda's surprise -- Daughter's tears -- What really happened -- Family without men -- One knows what the other seeks -- Closure.