kudumbasree travels ( malayalam : കുടുംബശ രീ ട രാവൽസ ) is a 2011 malayalam comedy film directed by kiran starring jayaram and bhavana in the lead roles .

it is a family oriented film , with jayaram playing the role of aravindan , a bus service owner who hails from a family of chakyarkoothu artists .

kudumbasree travels marks the debut of kiran and thomas thoppikodi , who are well known faces in tv serials .

the film also stars p. sreekumar , kottayam nazeer , jagathy sreekumar , janardhanan , mamukkoya , maniyanpilla raju , k. p. a. c. lalitha and kalpana in other pivotal roles .

the film started its shooting on september 2010 and major parts were filmed from ottappalam .

it released on 21 january 2011 in 54 centres .

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kudumbasree travels <EOT> kudumbasree travels movie is a family oriented subject in which the actor owns a bus service .

more cars , more trips , and lesser liability were important for the statewide expansion of kudumbasree travels , he said .

manian pillai raju , mamukkoya , janardanan and radhika are part of kudumbasree travels . lyrist vayalar sarath and bijipal are teaming up for

over two years after its launch , kudumbasree travels , a taxi service staffed by women and aimed at women , is at a crossroads .

kudumbasree travels is a malayalam film starring jayaram and bhavana , directed by kiran . aravindan has finally found a nangyar koothu performer , aswathy , to marry . she stays in cochin . aravindan with his family and friends embark on a voyage from their tiny village to the city in a tourist bus called kudumbasree travels . will they make to the wedding before the muhurtham ? watch the full movie kudumbasree travels online , only on hotstar .

kudumbasree travels tells the story of chithirapuram village where a bunch of simple people live together in harmony . kudumbasree travels is the name of an old bus on which they set out to the city , to attend the marriage function of aravindan , a chakyarkoothu artiste from the village . the bus i . . .

the only bus services in the village of “chithirapuram is kudumbasee travels” . aravindan character played by jayaram and his innocent villagers set out a journey to the town for the marriage of jayaram ( aravindan ) in the bus named kudumbasree travels .

with only 17 taxis – seven in thiruvananthapuram , six in ernakulam , and two each in kasaragod and kottayam — kudumbasree travels’ expansion is crucial to its becoming viable .

in the end , kudumbasree travels was a bit of all right , made me laugh genuinely out loud a few times , and was mildly entertaining the rest of it .

kudumbasree travels jayarams latest movie , directed by debutant kiran . the leading female character of the movie done by bahavana . director kiran is new to the cinema industry but he has proved his worth in the mini - screens , kiran was the director of the supper hit comedy soap ettu sundarikalum njanu . kundumbasree travels recently got a clean u certificate from the censer board . kudumbasree travels will hit 55 screens across kerala on 21 january 2011 .

the district will join a statewide initiative for women - friendly travel facilities when two kudumbasree members in pala launch kudumbasree travels , a taxi service exclusively of women , for women , by women . the taxi service , already operational in thiruvnanathapuram and kochi , will be launched in the district on saturday , as part of the district - level anniversary celebration of kudumbasree .

aravindan’s family travels to kochi for the wedding in the kudumbasree travels bus , and everything seems set for the wedding to occur at the auspicious time ( as decreed by the astrologer ) , but before aravindan can tie the mangalsutra , the auspicious time passes , and the astrologer stops the wedding .

kudumbasree district mission coordinator c . shobha lakshmi said five persons had been shortlisted as taxi drivers in the district . two others would join the initiative in kottayam town and one at changanassery soon . the mission hoped to expand kudumbasree travels all over the district , especially the municipal areas , in a phased manner , she added .

it’s true , too , that any plot that involves much staring at a clock will automatically go into my good books , and kudumbasree travels pays out in spades , mostly involving the will they / won’t they marriage story .

kudumbasree travels is a malayalam - movie directed by kiran . starring jayaram , bhavana , jagathy sreekumar , janardhanan , maniyanpilla raju , mamukkoya , p . sreekumar , kottayam nazeer , kpac lalitha , kalpana , radhika , kulappilly leela , sidhartha siva .

i ' m still not sure kudumbasree travels would have been a great film even with a younger actor , but i do think it would have been a better film . also ? it would have been better if bhavana had been given more to do . sigh .

kudumbasree travels promises “tons of fun on wheels” , but , sadly , i have to admit that what it delivers is a whole lot less . for me , i think this is due , in part , to the fact that i’ve yet to warm up to jayaram . perhaps i’ve yet to see the right film , but kudumbasree travels isn’t it , though he’s not bad . i think my main issue is that the film proves that the malayalam industry isn’t immune to the problem of aging heroes taking on roles that aren’t really suitable for them anymore .

that said , kudumbasree travels did manage to keep me mildly entertained at times . i am , however , easily amused at slapstick involving the duplicate suitcase and a crazy swamy who spends much of his time starting out into the middle distance , and occasionally sharing words of wisdom :

at one particular point in ' kudumbasree travels ' janardhanan , who plays a key role in the film exclaims aloud that its impossible to believe that the events happening around him are taking place for real ! we are all with you on that , sir ! this is unbelievable stuff , indeed .

aravindan has finally found a nangyar koothu performer , aswathy , to marry . she stays in cochin . aravindan with his family and friends embark on a voyage from their tiny village to the city in a tourist bus called kudumbasree travels . will they make to the wedding before the auspicious time ?

kudumbasree is also planning to expand its fleet of 58 autorickshaws . mr . shajahan said the government had decided to start 10 autos in each panchayat under the auto sree scheme launched last month .

the story takes place in a small village in kerala called chithirapuram . a group of people from the village travel to attend the marriage of their friend aravindan , a chakyar koothu exponent in a bus named kudumbasree travels . meanwhile , aravindan ` s uncle pachu and his friend nittar are planning to break his marriage with aswathi . instead pachu wants aravindan to marry his daughter . on their way to attend the marriage , the group meets sreedevi who keeps a lot of secrets and the story takes its turn at this point .

technical hurdles , however , have hindered the service , according to kudumbasree executive director a . shajahan . the call centre , mr . shajahan said , was wound up a year ago . the drivers had to pay a certain percentage of their earnings to enable functioning of the call centre , but they were reluctant to do so , he said .

the scheme was more feasible as the total investment came to less than rs . 1 . 75 lakh . however , issues related to permits in city limits had to be sorted out . special sanction was sought for allowing kudumbasree drivers permits to drive in city limits , but the transport department was yet to give its nod . if successful , 10 , 000 autos driven by women would be brought under the scheme , he said .

that said , though – even i have to admit that there are times when i watch a film and realize that an actor has taken on a role that really * is * more suited to a more age - appropriate actor – 3 idiots was a perfect example of that , where it’s impossible for aamir khan to seem remotely right in the role of a college student , no matter how hard i try to suspend disbelief , no matter how good an actor he is . and even if i give kudumbasree travels the benefit of the doubt – if i believe that aravindan really is just a middle aged performer who just has never found the right girl – well . actually , i tried that , and it didn’t work . it just felt to me that aravindan could be a little bit older , but not a man in his forties . his personality , his experience , all of it made me wish the role had been given to one of the up and coming malayalam actors .

please check out our other videos here ! urltoken the story takes place in a small village in kerala called chithirapuram . a group of innocent people from the village sets out to the town to attend the marriage of their friend aravindan , a chakyar koothu exponent . they travel in a bus named kudumbasree travels . aravindan ' s uncle pachu and his friend nittar are conspiring against his marriage to the rich girl aswathi . instead pachu wants aravindan to marry his daughter . on their way to attend the marriage , the group meets sreedevi who keeps a lot of secrets and the story takes its turn at this point . hotnsourtv is a malayalam entertainment portal . urltoken cinema portal is such a portal which could entertain you with the newses of entertainments , movie infos , movie details , gossips and also in pursuit of the information which are beyond the reach . in hotnsourtv if the videos are bringing you entertainment , on the other hands in hotnsourmoviechannel , the words are doing the job . the ultimate success of urltoken lies in bringing all the whereabouts of malayalam cinema to forefront in a single point , you may read the complete biography of malayalam cinema from here . hence this web site is known as the ' entire story of malayalam cinema " . directed by : kiran produced by : anil mathew written by : thomas thoppikodi starring : jayaram , bhavana music by : bijibal studio : mythri visuals distributed by : central pictures release release date : 21 january 2011 country : india - ~ - ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ - ~ - please watch : " അഭിസാരികകളായ നായികമാർ | malayalam heroines who ' re acted as sex workers | full | malayalam cinema " urltoken - ~ - ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ - ~ -

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two drivers , leelamma and usha , did not have prior experience as drivers ; neither did they come from families of drivers . “their husbands are daily wage earners , ” ms . shobha lakshmi said .

in addition to instruction in driving , the two women were given 30 hours of training in soft skill development , which included financial management . their training was over nine months back and they were waiting for the procedural formalities

she said the two would drive maruthi swift dezire . the loans were on their person , but the district mission would provide the collateral guarantee . “in the initial phase , we plan to link the taxi service with some institutions , ” said ms . shobha lakshmi . this would provide them with a regular income and help them repay loan on time . an additional benefit would be that they would not be called to drive at odd times .

these vehicles would be linked to the district call centre using gps and the booking would be through the call centre .

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the service kicked off with white air - conditioned nano cars with gps tracking . besides training in driving , the women were given lessons in soft skills too . a help desk , ‘snehitha’ , with links to a call centre was launched .

a strong client base is still missing . similar to the association with infosys in kochi , an attempt was made here to tie up with technopark . however , going all the way to technopark in the middle of their city runs was not profitable . there were also complaints of the service not being available when the public called .

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in the lead roles . it is a family oriented film , with jayaram playing the role of aravindan , a bus service owner who hails from a family of chakyarkoothu artists .

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aravindan ( jayaram ) longs to get married , but he’s waiting for the perfect girl . a chakyar koothu performer , he wants a girl who will share not only his life , but who can dance , too . his friend , george kutty ( kottayam nazeer ) , finds just the girl for him via a computer matchmaking service .

the two families meet , aravindan and aswathy ( bhavana ) hit it off , and the marriage is arranged . aswathy’s family has one demand : the mangalsutra that aravindan will tie around aswathy’s neck must be handed to him by the eldest uncle in the family .

a new time is set for the wedding , but what aravindan and aswathy don’t realize is that there are more forces out there than just their horoscopes to interfere with their marriage plans . aravindan’s uncle ( jagathy sreekumar ) wants aravindan to marry * his * daughter , and tries , with the help of his own fraudulent astrologer friend , to stop the wedding . aswathy’s fashion designer friend has designs on her , wanting to stop the marriage to aravindan so he can marry her himself .

one unexpected wedding guest is sreedevi ( radhika ) , the daughter of a police commissioner who has been kidnapped . the kidnappers give sreedevi a suitcase containing a bomb ( which they will activate later ) and some money . she gets on the wedding bus with some relatives of aravindan , and they all assume she is hemalatha , a relative that none of them has seen since she was a small girl .

the wedding , the attempts to stop the wedding , the bomb – all of these stories will eventually combine in a chase to the end of the film , as aravindan attempts to rescue aswathy ( kidnapped in turn by the fashion designer ) , as both their families try to find them , as the fraudulent astrologer tries to swap the suitcase with a duplicate so he can take the money , as the police commissioner ( who escapes with the help of aravindan and aswathy ) tries to find his daughter and make sure the bomb is diffused .

actually , let me use this as an opportunity to rant a little bit , because i’ve become increasingly irritated at the rampant ageism that’s out there . sexism , racism , size - ism – all of these have been declared off limits , yet it’s still fair game to make fun of someone’s age , to make assumptions about what one can or should not do at a certain age – to be honest , it drives me batty . i take solace in the fact that the worst offenders – the ones who seem to suggest that once someone turns forty they should pretty much stop living – well , one day , they’ll turn forty , and then they’ll be on the receiving end of that ageist nonsense .

but i don’t want this to imply in any way , shape or form that once actors hit the age of forty that they should be forbidden from action , romance , all the stuff that makes films worth watching . i just want that to be framed in a setting and character that’s more age appropriate .

so if the film has given me anything worthwhile to share , it’s that . enough with dissing people over forty and calling them old . they aren’t . they are still in the prime of life and vibrant , capable , talented people .

yes , i am that easily amused . between the clocks and a shahrukh khan joke , my day was made .

sadly , though , as much as this adds to the experience for me , the film manages to lose points by taking two of my favorite actresses , bhavana and radhika , and pushing them to the sidelines , mostly reacting with consternation or frustration at what is happening around them . but i ' ll save a rant on the limited roles given to actresses for march .

and really , what more can we ask of a film ? amusement , clocks and a shahrukh khan joke . sold .

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you ' re right about aging heroes in malayalam movies . i kind of wanted to watch this for bhavana , but never got to it because i ' m disinterested in watch old guys like jayaram trying to pass off as middle aged guys . the problem is none of the young actors other than prithviraj are any good . the only actors whose movies still interest me in malayalam are prithviraj and dileep .

@ meenkaran i don ' t know that i ' d say none of the young actors aren ' t any good - - but when i did sit down to think about who could do that role , the number of age - appropriate actors ( someone in their early to mid thirties , say ) is really limited . same with hindi films - - it ' s as if they forgot that the megastars didn ' t have the powers to stay eternally young , and didn ' t think about grooming a new generation of actors until it was too late .

( but . psst . jayaram is middle aged , not old . : - ) )

jayaram film in the 80s and 90s used to be really fun , light hearted family oriented films . of late most of his movie are no good .

i saw none of the young actors aren ' t any good in the sense that they lack the charisma and star power needed to pull the audience in . tamil and telugu has many young actors who have that charisma . in malayalam prithviraj is the only one currently .

and that ' s probably why i ' ve yet to warm up to jayaram , i ' ve only seen him in recent films , and they ' re just not his best work .

i do know what you mean about the charisma and star power . it ' s not always what i look for in an actor - - but as you point out , that ' s what gets people to buy cinema tickets .

i ' m not the biggest fan of jayaram ' s current roles , but i would like to recommend my favourite film of his - aramana veedum anjoorekkarum - co - starring shobana . it ' s got family feuds , mistaken identity and shobana plays sneaky and adorable really well . i really like their jodi .

thanks for the recommendation ! have added it to my list of films to check out , hoping i ' ll be able to find it on dvd .

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jayaram plays the character of aravindan a family member of chakkiyar kooth , an art form of kerala . interestingly jayaram acts in the movie without a moustache to get the look of a chakkiyar . the story takes place in a remote village chithirapuram village , where there are no morden facilities and hardly few have seen the city .

the story is also of aravindan’s uncle pachu ( jagathy sreekumar ) and his friend nittar ( manian pillai raju ) . they try to prevent aravindas marriage to the rich lady named awathy . pachu intension is to get aravindan married to his daughter .

the twist in the story takes place when the marriage party meet sreedevi ( bhavana ) . she is real stranger to the villagers . then the story focuses on the mystery behind the lady sreedevi as the film progress with unfolding the mystery and at mean time there develops a romance between aravindan and

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revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of madrid , cruz plays raimunda , a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter paula .

to top off the family crisis , her mother irene comes back from the dead to tie up loose ends .

the plot originates in almodóvar 's earlier film the flower of my secret ( 1995 ) , where it features as a novel which is rejected for publication but is stolen to form the screenplay of a film named the freezer .

drawing inspiration from the italian neorealism of the late 1940s to early 1950s and the work of pioneering directors such as federico fellini , luchino visconti , and pier paolo pasolini , volver addresses themes like sexual abuse , loneliness and death , mixing the genres of farce , tragedy , melodrama , and magic realism .

set in the la mancha region , almodovar 's place of birth , the filmmaker cited his upbringing as a major influence on many aspects of the plot and the characters .

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 .

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penélope cruz was nominated for the 2006 academy award for best actress , making her the first spanish woman ever to be nominated in that category .

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volver <EOT> y me muero , por volver . ' y volver volver , volver a tus brazos otra vez llegare hasta donde estes yo se perder , yo se perder , quiero volver , volver volver . '

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the nominations for volver and the lives of others will also put them in strong contention to be named in the foreign language category for next year ' s oscars .

even if volver sounds too high - concept for you , know that almodóvar is smart enough not to rest on laughs alone , extending his premise to dark , though occasionally tidy psychological territory .

“volver” tells the story of raimunda , played by cruz , a young and hard - working wife of an unemployed husband whose roving eye falls upon her teenage daughter , and of raimunda’s revenge .

the first spanish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame , cruz has starred in films like vanilla sky , captain corelli’s mandolin , vicky cristina barcelona , volver and nine – all of which have opened to incredible audience and critical reception . she has won an oscar for her performance in vicky cristina barcelona and has received oscar and golden globe nominations for her performances in volver and nine .

" they could not be more different , " said cruz , who earned her first oscar nomination for " volver " and also worked with almodovar in " all about my mother " and " live flesh . "

madrid ( reuters ) - the tragicomic tale of a mother’s survival , “volver” swept to a triumphant victory at spain’s top film awards early on monday , grabbing best movie , director and best actress for oscar hope penelope cruz .

the village houses the supernatural . madrid represents the natural world . death in the village involves ghosts and volver —return . death in the city is more prosaic , a frozen food locker rather than a tombstone that must be tended .

cannes , france — expect more male characters from pedro almodovar , whose credits include such female - centered films as " all about my mother , " " volver " and " women on the verge of a nervous breakdown . "

spanish director pedro almodóvar is known for making colourful , complicated , funny films which often deal with family trauma and tragic histories . with volver , he drew influence and inspiration from the grit of italian neorealism ( a clip from luchino visconti’s 1951 film bellissima appears at one point ) as well as his upbringing in la mancha . penélope cruz’s outstanding performance earned her a best actress nomination . and in typically , lovingly convoluted almodóvar fashion , volver’s plot has its origins in his 1995 film , the flower of my secret , in which the lead character is a romance novel writer who throws out a new , darker novel she is working on only to have its plot – volver ’s plot – stolen and used as screenplay for a film called the freezer .

volver received a rapturous reception when it played the cannes film festival in 2006 . at the festival the film almodóvar won the best screenplay prize while the entire female ensemble won the best actress prize . in the fall of that year , the new york film festival showcased the film as part of a pedro almodóvar retrospective . thanks to her wonderful work in the film , penélope cruz received her first oscar nomination in the best actress category . volver went on to garner several critical accolades and was a massive worldwide success .

the movie , set in spain’s barren la mancha region , won five prizes at the goya awards ceremony in madrid , beating off “pan’s labyrinth , ” which was last week chosen ahead of “volver” as a nominee for best foreign language film at next month’s oscars .

actress penelope cruz smiles upon receiving a " goya " award for director pedro almodovar during the spanish film academy " goya " awards ceremony in madrid january 28 , 2007 . almodovar won the best director award for his movie " volver " . reuters / andrea comas

to the accompaniment of a live orchestra , the evening includes pieces by great choreographers from m ichel fokine to russell maliphant . ivan putrov dances the role made famous by nijinsky in le spectre de la rose and daniel proietto performs the exquisite afterlight , a piece inspired by nijinsky . royal ballet principal , edward watson reprises the comic but ultimately poignant volver , volver which sees him move from matinee idol to spiderman . matthew ball , rising star of the royal ballet , makes his london coliseum debut and the legendary irek mukhamedov makes a welcome return to the stage in a new work created for him by arthur pita .

boston society of film critics awards 2008 - bsfc award - best supporting actress for vicky cristina barcelona ( 2008 ) cannes film festival 2006 - best actress for volver ( 2006 ) shared with carmen maura , lola dueñas , blanca portillo , yohana cobo , chus lampreave , to the female ensemble cast . cinema writers circle awards , spain 2007 - cec award - best actress ( mejor actriz ) for volver ( 2006 ) david di donatello awards 2004 - david - best actress ( migliore attrice protagonista ) for non ti muovere ( 2004 ) empire awards , uk 2007 - empire award - best actress for volver ( 2006 european film awards 2006 - european film award - best actress for volver ( 2006 ) 2004 - audience award - best actress for non ti muovere ( 2004 ) fotogramas de plata 2007 - fotogramas de plata - best movie actress ( mejor actriz de cine ) for volver ( 2006 ) 1999 - fotogramas de plata - best movie actress ( mejor actriz de cine ) for niña de tus ojos , la ( 1998 ) goya awards 2007 - goya - best lead actress ( mejor actriz principal ) for volver ( 2006 ) 1999 - goya - best lead actress ( mejor actriz principal ) for niña de tus ojos , la ( 1998 ) hollywood film festival 2006 - hollywood film award - actress of the year imagen foundation awards 2003 - creative achievement award los angeles film critics association awards 2008 - lafca award - best supporting actress for vicky cristina barcelona ( 2008 ) also for elegy ( 2008 ) . national board of review , usa 2008 - nbr award - best supporting actress for vicky cristina barcelona ( 2008 ) new york film critics circle awards 2008 - nyfcc award - best supporting actress for vicky cristina barcelona ( 2008 ) ondas awards 1993 - film award - best acting ( mejor interpretación ) tied with javier bardem peñíscola comedy film festival 1995 - best actress for todo es mentira ( 1994 ) premios ace 2007 - premio ace - cinema - best actress for volver ( 2006 ) southeastern film critics association awards 2008 - sefca award - best supporting actress for vicky cristina barcelona ( 2008 ) spanish actors union 2007 - award of the spanish actors union - film lead performance , female ( protagonista cine - categoría femenina ) for volver ( 2006 ) 1999 - award of the spanish actors union - film lead performance ( protagonista cine ) for niña de tus ojos , la ( 1998 ) 1993 - award of the spanish actors union - film : supporting performance ( secundario cine ) for belle epoque ( 1992 )

no other director has as much swoon factor as pedro almodóvar : the texture of his movie - making is quite unique . volver could have gone on for another hour or two : there seemed so much more to say . what a triumph for this great european director who just seems to get better and better .

volver marked the first time i was not only wowed by a cruz performance but frankly , even the least bit impressed by one . by the mid - 2000s , i ' d merely been acquainted with her turns in garbage like captain corelli ' s mandolin , gothika and vanilla sky , so i had to question why this seemingly skill - free actress was landing these high - profile roles in the first place . then , i saw volver , followed by elegy , and then i caught up on all about my mother too . and i finally got it . if only cruz could work on all of pedro almodovar ' s pictures !

spanish director pedro almodovar is becoming one of the darlings of art house cinema . after winning an academy award for his screenplay for talk to her , he followed up that effort with the acclaimed film bad education . now , he ' ll continue to have a presence in north america as sony pictures classics will release his movie volver .

volver means to come back , and pedro almodovar ' s love letter to resilient women who transcend secrets , lies and bitter disappointment through ferocious love for their families is a series of variations on a theme of returning : revisiting your roots , mending relationships , reconsidering the past and even coming back from the dead . sultry , outspoken raimunda . . . read more

ith its overwhelming richness , its colour and warmth , pedro almodóvar ' s new movie is set to capture your heart . volver seemed guilelessly wonderful when i first saw it earlier this year in cannes . now it looks even better . the picture ' s ingenuities and contrivances just seem to float out of the screen , like psychedelic moodshapes . i found myself floating right along with them .

what is most unexpected about " volver " is that it ' s not really about murder or the afterlife , but simply incorporates those awkward developments into the problems of daily living . his characters approach their dilemmas not with metaphysics but with common sense . a dead woman turns up as a ghost and is immediately absorbed into her family ' s ongoing problems : so what took her so long ?

almodóvar deserves his reputation as a woman’s director . “ volver is as manless a movie as i have seen , ” wrote reviewer anthony lane . two of the men who have speaking roles disappear . one is murdered , the other goes away . two other men appear even more briefly . one makes googly eyes at raimunda , but nothing comes of that . the other raimunda simply shuts out .

acclaimed on its presentation at the 2006 cannes film festival , volver reunited director pedro almodovar with two of his leading ladies of years gone by - penelope cruz and carmen maura . reviews suggest the film is a typical effort from the acclaimed spaniard : a high - strung female - centred melodrama with extroverted colour palette , earthy humour , black comedy , some unusual genre crossover ( here a ghost story ) , and a fair bit of self conscious camp . despite exuding a far warmer and cuddlier air than the director \ ' s divisive bad education , and securing strong box office results for a foreign language film , volver \ ' s showing at the recent oscars was lean indeed . penelope cruz represented the film alone for best actress , almodovar not even securing a best foreign language film nomination .

the action in “volver” moves back and forth between a workaday neighborhood in madrid and a windswept village in the spanish countryside . really , though , the movie takes place in a familiar , enchanted land — almodóvaria , you might call it , or maybe pedrostan— where every room and street corner is saturated with bright color and vivid feeling and where discordant notes of violence , jealousy and fear ultimately resolve in the deeper harmonies of art .

the nominees for the european film awards were announced at the seville film festival today , with pedro almodovar ‘s “ volver ” from spain and florian henckel von donnersmarck ‘s “ the lives of others ” from germany dominating the nominations . each received six nods , including a nomination for best european film of the year . ken loach ‘s “ the wind that shakes the barley , ” a co - production of multiple countries , received five nominations . selected in the race for best european film were neil jordan’s “breakfast on pluto , ” jasmila zbanic’s “grbavica , ” von donnersmarck’s “the lives of others , ” michael winterbottom and mat whitecross’s “the road to guantanamo , ” “volver , ” and “the wind that shakes the barley . ” 1 , 700 efa members will vote to select the winners of the annual prizes , to be presented on december 2nd in warsaw , poland .

for almodovar , too , " volver " is like a homecoming . whenever we are most at ease , we fall most easily and gracefully into our native idioms . certainly as a young gay man in franco ' s spain , he didn ' t feel at home , but he felt displaced in a familiar way , and now he feels nostalgia for the women who accepted him as easily as if , well , he had been a ghost .

i only wish i could discuss this score less as an album , and more as a film score , for i find - as is often the case with this genre of music - that iglesias \ ' s scores inspire me more after i know how the dramatic demands of the film have influenced the musical choices . having said that , volver works remarkably well as an independent listening experience , and offers fans of film music with a taste for eclectic classical chamber music much to enjoy . for these , and for fans of elegant drama scoring in general , alberto iglesias \ ' s volver is a must . one of the best film music albums of 2006 . and hopefully there \ ' s much to look forward to in 2007 from this composer - including savage grace , caotica ana ( julio medem \ ' s new film ) , her majestic minor , and a non - film music album .

was it hard to play a such a borderline character ? as a matter of fact , it was very complicated . in the beginning , i thought she was a very neutral character , but as i had already played women on the verge of a nervous breakdown with pedro , i could give more depth to this character and create a wonderful mother . the rehearsal period was fundamental to enhancing this idyll between director and actress , which we already knew was strong , and which became even stronger after volver . actually , there was one thing that really made me nervous . i have been to many festivals , international premieres and press conferences in my life . however , i have never been as nervous as during the world premiere of volver in pedro ' s hometown , puertollano , in la mancha . it was such a big thrill . la mancha was there to support pedro , it was an amazing display of tenderness .

“volver , ” full of surprises and reversals , unfolds with breathtaking ease and self - confidence . it is in some ways a smaller , simpler film than either “talk to her” or “bad education , ” choosing to tell its story without flashbacks or intricate parallel plots , but it is no less the work of a master . and it’s a testament to the filmmaker’s generosity of spirit that he effectively hands the movie over to its ensemble of lively and resourceful actresses , and in particular to its star , penélope cruz .

to relate the details of the narrative — death , cancer , betrayal , parental abandonment , more death — would create an impression of dreariness and woe . but nothing could be further from the spirit of “volver , ” which is buoyant without being flip , and consoling without ever becoming maudlin . mr . almodóvar acknowledges misfortune — and takes it seriously — from a perspective that is essentially comic . very few filmmakers have managed to smile so convincingly in the face of misery and fatality : jean renoir and billy wilder come immediately to mind , and mr . almodóvar , if he is not yet their equal , surely belongs in their company . “volver” is often dazzling in its artifice — josé luis alcaine’s ripe cinematography , alberto iglesias’s suave , heart - tugging score — but it is never false . it draws you in , invites you to linger and makes you eager to return . it offers something better than realism . the real world , after all , is where we all have to live ; for some of us , though , mr . almodóvar’s world is home .

pedro almodóvar gets back in touch with his feminine side in volver , the spanish helmer ' s most femme fable since 1999 ' s all about my mother . one of that film ' s stars , penélope cruz , here takes centre stage as a domestic drudge caught up in family strife - including the return of her supposedly dead mother ( almodóvar veteran carmen maura ) . despite dwelling on death , there ' s plenty of life in this mix of tears and laughter , although the style ' s subdued compared with the writer / director ' s earlier melodramas .

" volver " is spanish for " to return , " i am informed . the film reminds me of fellini ' s " amarcord , " also a fanciful revisit to childhood which translates as " i remember . " what the directors are doing , i think , is paying tribute to the women who raised them - - their conversations , conspiracies , ambitions , compromises and feeling for romance . ( what fellini does more closely resembles revenge . ) these characters seem to get along so easily that even the introduction of a " dead " character can be taken in stride .

raimunda lives in madrid with her daughter paula and her husband paco , who is always drunk . her sister , sole , is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women . the two sisters lost their parents in a fire in la mancha , their birth village , years ago . 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 ) in a twist of mystery and suspense .

is the film going to compete in cannes ? going to cannes doesn ' t depend on me . or it does , but only partially . i was asked to send the film , which i did , and afterwards i asked the girls if they would fancy walking around the croisette , showing off their outfits and it seems that they would . as bad education was the opening film in cannes , maybe this time volver could be the closing film , although that isn’t very interesting . i would like the film to be shown in competition , but i haven’t received an answer so far .

their visiting and loud air - kissing take place in the region of la mancha in “the village . ” ( it is fictitious alcanfor de las infantas , camphor of the princesses—and smell plays a jokey part in this film . ) this is “black spain , ” rural , conservative , backward , superstitious , and church - ridden . but almodóvar has said , “ volver destroys all the clichés about black spain and offers a spain that is as real as it is the opposite . a spain that is white , spontaneous , funny , intrepid , supportive and fair . ” well , sort of .

from two - time academy award ( r ) - winner pedro almodóvar ( 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 penélope 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 . © 2006 el deseo d . a . , s . l . u . all rights reserved .

meanwhile , irene turns up at sole ' s apartment , starts helping her with her hair clients , and get to know her granddaughter paula , but dares not reveal herself to raimunda , from whom she has been estranged for years . before all the women can reconcile , some secrets about the night of the fire , and even further back , will have to be revealed . this 2006 pedro almodovar film features his usual wonderful mix of absurdity , rich emotions , strong women , terrific laughs , and wonderful acting . " volver , " by the way , is spanish for " to return . "

such troubles ! the blood belongs to her husband , paco ( antonio de la torre ) , who has recently expired in a bright crimson pool on the kitchen floor after taking a carving knife to the belly . his killing is not exactly to be shrugged off — and he does eventually receive a proper burial of sorts — but he is not exactly mourned either . men , for raimunda and her circle , tend to be malevolent , irrelevant or simply absent : straying husbands , predators , dead bodies . they cause a fair amount of trouble , but the point of “volver” is that it’s not about them .

volver is a meeting of " mildred pierce " and " arsenic and old lace " , combined with the surrealistic naturalism of my fourth film , " ¿qué he hecho yo para merecer esto ! ! " ( " what have i done to deserve this ? " ) , that is , madrid and its lively working - class neighbourhoods , where the immigrants from the various spanish provinces share dreams , lives and fortune with a multitude of ethnic groups and other races . at the heart of this social framework , three generations of women survive wind , fire and even death , thanks to goodness , audacity and a limitless vitality . they are raimunda ( pénelope cruz ) , who is married to an unemployed labourer and has a teenage daughter ( yohana cobo ) ; sole ( lola dueñas ) , her sister , who makes a living as a hairdresser ; and the mother of both ( carmen maura ) , who died in a fire along with her husband . this character appears first to her sister ( chus lampreave ) and then to sole , although the people with whom she has some unresolved matters are raimunda and her neighbour in the village , agustina ( blanca portillo ) . volver is not a surrealistic comedy although it may seem so at times . the living and the dead coexist without any discord , causing situations that are either hilarious or filled with a deep , genuine emotion . it ' s a film about the culture of death in my native la mancha . the people there practice it with an admirable naturalness . the way in which the dead continue to be present in their lives , the richness and humanity of their rites mean that the dead never die . volver destroys all the clichés about " black " spain and offers a spain that is as real as it is the opposite . a spain that is white , spontaneous , funny , intrepid , supportive and fair .

attempting to fuse the classic noir of mildred pierce with the kitchen - sink whimsy of the director ' s own what have i done to deserve this ? , volver ( which means ' to come back ' ) suffers from plot implausibilities and uneven characterisation ( paula ends up a sidelined cipher ) . but the humour and the heartstring - pulling hit the mark , as do most of the cast , not least cruz . sporting a prosthetic posterior , she ' s one hot mama . but never mind the buttocks : it ' s the pitch - perfect blend of pride and vulnerability , spirit and sadness that really makes her performance stand out .

and they say that actresses disappear after 40 ! mirren ' s two globe wins put her in the front row - - oscar could very well go for a king and queen this year - - though meryl streep ( who also a globe winner , in the musical or comedy division ) also gives a formidable performance . ( admittedly , it ' s a supporting performance , but as with " the last king of scotland , " the academy will certainly overlook the picture ' s ostensible lead , anne hathaway . ) kate winslet could make it three british contenders here , and i ' m hoping penelope cruz nabs the fifth spot for " volver . "

penélope cruz and lola dueñas play raimunda and soledad , two sisters living in madrid whose parents were killed three years earlier in a fire . when soledad returns for a visit to the village where they grew up , she learns that her mother irene has returned as a ghost ; then , when soledad returns to madrid , turns out irene has stowed away and returned with her ( ‘volver’ means ‘to return ) . meanwhile , raimunda is dealing with dramas of her own , involving her daughter , an attempted rape , a murder , and a dead body hidden in a freezer . things get more complicated after that , comprende ? si , es una película de almodóvar .

first off , cruz has never , ever looked more more radiant than she does in volver . the camera is madly in love with her and even though the entire picture has a sumptuous , colorful , painting - like look , cruz brightens up every single moment she ' s on the screen , like a ray of sunshine . it ' s a remarkable turn , though carmen maura , yohana cobo and lola duenas are just as terrific - it ' s unfair , i think , to single out just one performance , even if cruz ' s screen presence is the most enchanting . this is one of almodovar ' s very best films and i could see giving cruz the win in a weaker year .

first thought a ghost , irene returns in the flesh . mother and daughter are finally reunited tearily in the house of the dying agustina . death again . but the last line of the film is , “ghosts don’t cry . ” in the dvd commentary , almodóvar says . “actually the ghost cries , which means she isn’t a ghost but has condemned herself to live like one . she makes up for what she has done , and that’s very important , ” that balancing of the books to achieve a rough justice . irene will mother agustina , atoning . the last shot has red - skirted irene disappearing into agustina’s house . there is a death in the house but also a rebirth , a return , volver .

volver is the portrait of a dark , bleak spain , which contrasts your colourful and passionate style . did you want to use franco’s " dark " spain to then expose the passion of its people , despite the dictatorship ? i wanted revenge , the kind of revenge that sometimes may take centuries to carry out and that a grandchild , or the nephews of nephews , might still carry on their shoulders . i think this happens everywhere in spain , not only in la mancha . it was important for me to show another , totally different spain , where life goes on , despite the cruel acts that have taken place in the so - called darker spain . la mancha is a region with a great tradition of tragedies .

in pedro almodovar ' s enchanting , gentle , transgressive " volver , " a deceased matriarch named irene ( carmen maura ) has moved in with her sister paula ( chus lampleave ) , who is growing senile and appreciates some help around the house , especially with the baking . they live , or whatever you ' d call it , in a spanish town where the men die young , and the women spend weekends cheerfully polishing and tending their graves , just as if they were keeping house for them . in exemplary classic style , almodovar uses a right - to - left tracking shot to show this housekeeping carrying us back into the past , and then a subtle , centered zoom to establish the past as part of the present .

" volver . coming back from buenos aires and do the opposite trip to europe . bonds are tied from now on and for a long time to come . yes , this album is a sequel , the second chapter of a diptych initiated with “palermo hollywood” a year ago by benjamin biolay , written and composed across two times , as an intense , sentimental and geographical musical chassé - croisé . along with the neo - cumbia and urban beats comes local rock music , without forgetting the elegance of a high - end french author . 16 tracks incl . 2 exclusive tracks : villa crespo and san mascolo including collaborations with illya kuryaki and the valderramas , mala rodriguez , miss bolivia , borges , sofia wilhemi , ambrosia parsley , dionys mascolo… "

recording and mixing of the album ( by jose luis crespo and red led ) is superb - communicating each voice in the ensemble . performers - including a few regulars from previous iglesias recordings - acquit themselves finely . the three songs on the album all appear in the film - as is common in almodovar films . ( penelope cruz \ ' s character apparently sings " volver " , though on album it is performed by estrella morenta ) . none of the songs overly intrude for the listener trying to focus on iglesias \ ' s score , though the final track " a good thing " ( performed by saint etienne ) belies its name . after such atmospheric scoring , this girl power ballad can \ ' t help but feel extremely slight .

volver , ( in english , coming home or coming back ) , is a gripping melodrama inspired by the trash tv that is a soundtrack to its characters ' lives . penélope cruz is raimunda , a hard - working woman with a teenage daughter , paula ( yohana cobo ) , and a feckless , layabout husband . with her sister sole ( lola dueñas ) she tends to the graves of her parents , and visits her ailing aunt paula ( chus lampreave ) , who is heartrendingly in the final stages of dementia . raimunda ' s family life shatters with one terrible act of violence , and there is a secret about her late mother irene ( carmen maura ) that surfaces when irene returns from beyond the grave to make contact with her astonished daughters .

“this is a movie about mothers , ” almodóvar says in his commentary . mother - love is almodóvar’s constant theme , not just in this movie . but , as the psychoanalysts tell us , babies not only love mother because she feeds them , but babies also hate her when she doesn’t . ( those furious screams of frustration . ) we as adults , all of us , are ambivalent toward mothers , and mothers are toward us . volver nicely captures that psychological truth in its double - barreled portrayal of mothers ( and daughters ) as both giving life and taking life . and it is so artfully done we scarcely notice that , underneath the satisfying mystery movie , lies a disturbing truth . almodóvar shows once again how subtle and powerful an artist he is .

pedro almodóvar , the benevolent deity of this world , has revealed it — or , rather , created it — piece by piece from one film to the next . his two previous movies , “talk to her” ( 2002 ) and “bad education” ( 2004 ) , explored previously uncharted regions of masculine melodrama , while “volver , ” whose title can be translated as “to return , ” revisits the woman - centered territory of “all about my mother” ( 1999 ) and “women on the verge of a nervous breakdown” ( 1988 ) . drawing on influences ranging from latin american telenovelas to classic hollywood weepies and on an iconography of female endurance that includes anna magnani and joan crawford , mr . almodóvar has made yet another picture that moves beyond camp into a realm of wise , luxuriant humanism .

so volver is a ghost story . or is it ? as the movie drifts along the periphery of the supernatural , i went into a trance , which almodóvar induces with a master ' s confidence . all the movie ' s secrets are rolled out in a narrative design that is exuberant and elegant . its cinematography and art direction , by josé luis alcaine and salvador parra , give everything an intensity that , like previous almodóvar films , has the feel of a douglas sirk film . almodóvar has something of sirk ' s passionate empathy with women , mixed with a gay sensibility - though the film is unlike sirk ' s in that men are entirely marginal . in its vividness and intense , almost neurotic sensitivity to colour , particularly the colour red , it also looks like a hitchcock thriller .

the surprise appearance of carmen maura at the bad education screening during the 2004 cannes film festival led to rumours about a possible reunion between her and almodóvar . fans were delighted to discover the rumours were indeed true . set in pedro almodóvar’s childhood home town of la mancha , volver focuses on two sisters , raimunda ( penélope cruz ) and sole ( lola dueñas ) , attempting to deal with the family secrets surrounding the death of their parents three years earlier . things get complicated for each sister when sole discovers that the ghost of her mother irene ( maura ) has stowed away in the trunk of her car . meanwhile , raimunda and her daughter paula ( yohana cobo ) struggle to cover up the death of paula’s father paco ( antonio de la torre ) , who attempted to molest her .

the opening dialogue tells us that women here—in this village—live longer than men . women are strong and noble , while husbands are sexually insatiable lechers who molest their own daughters . there are two of them , hence a pattern of “ volver —return . ” the women dominate . they don’t need men , who are , with the exception of the filmmaker , the artist , worthless . but women can be artists , too . at the center of this film , as in other almodóvar films , there is a work of art : raimunda sings the title song . ( actually , she lip - syncs to the beautiful singing of flamenco star , estrella morente . ) the song tells of someone returning to a first love after a long time , just what this film is about : first love is mother love .

alternatively , women can be not sexy but drab and gray and manless like agustina . either way , again and again in this film women provide food and caring . and in the final scene , we see irene nursing and nurturing the dying agustina . women mother , but they also live in the presence of death , as in the opening scene . women give life—young paula—but they also destroy life . they murder—twice in this film . young paula , her mother , and her grandmother all participate in murder . and the deaths strengthen the bonds between the women who , after the men are gone and the secrets revealed , are now densely related as mother , daughter , sister , niece . this double value forms the core of volver as in almodóvar’s splashes of red , sometimes blood , sometimes just a lively color .

pedro almodovar ‘s “ volver ” maintained a healthy percentage of its box office in its second weekend , according to a sony pictures classics estimate . the film made an estimated 172 , 340 on 5 screens , for a per screen average of 34 , 468 and an estimated total of 466 , 204 so far . ( last weekend , the film made $ 197 , 703 on 5 screens for $ 39 , 541 per screen . ) paramount vantage expanded “babel” to 1 , 251 screens this weekend , earning an estimated 5 , 650 , 631 , for an average of 4 , 517 and an estimated total of 7 , 487 , 893 so far . “ fur : an imaginary portrait of diane arbus , ” from picturehouse , earned an estimated $ 30 , 000 on 4 screens , according to box office mojo , for an estimated $ 7 , 500 per screen average . [ eugene hernandez ]

volver marks the sixth collaboration between iglesias and almodovar , and the more melodramatic air of almodovar \ ' s new film seems to have given the composer room for a lighter touch than their last few efforts . it \ ' s probably closer in sound to la flor de mi secreto - their first collaboration - more than any of the others . " las vecinas " jumps to life with jaunty string rhythms , pizzicati , and a revolving door of elegant solo instrumentation - including guitar , piano and violin . the vibrant " titulos " adds to this engaging blend of voices brass , percussion and string support - the energetic orchestrations giving way to the composer \ ' s elegant writing for clarinet , and a morose passage for a larger group of strings . there \ ' s a theme presented here that recurs throughout the score , and sounds a little like gabriel yared \ ' s unused " paris and helen " love theme from troy , though i say that for sake of comparing it with something rather than suggesting an influence .

a high rating mostly for the way in which this plot manages to turn and return so seamlessly , covering all kinds of ground : abuse , poverty , murder , cancer , familial bonds , lies , secrets , love and more . as always , almodovar ' s characters are very rigid people , set in their ways and keeping their walls up , focused on one thing , and in volver , penelope cruz plays one of the most impenetrable characters i ' ve ever seen on film . she ' s so beautiful and she ' s struggling , so everyone would want to help her , but - without giving away too much of the plot ! - she has a secret that she must do everything to keep . a bit slow in the early going , but the intensity continues to rise until the film ' s conclusion , which if you ' re not careful , will make your head spin . for me it all started to sink in as the credits rolled , and i found myself nodding , slowly coming around , saying " yes , that was a good ending " each time i followed another thread to its end . a director whose work i will soon delve into deeply , no question . a very good film .

alberto iglesias \ ' s score should also be counted among those unluckily passed over by the arbiters of cinematic taste in los angeles . with a recent induction into the music branch following on the heels of his nomination for his score to the constant gardener , the spanish composer \ ' s work appears to be highly esteemed by both critics and peers . indeed , volver was cited by hans zimmer , gabriel yared , howard shore and recent oscar winner gustavo santaolalla as a personal favourite among the scores of this year in a recent hollywood reporter " film and tv music " issue . and rightly so - for over the years iglesias has perfected an approach to scoring based on ( for the most part ) chamber ensembles specific to the ideas of each film . in both concept and composition , he has offered compelling solutions to the musical demands of films by carlos saura ( dispara ) , john malkovitch ( the dancer upstairs - one of the most underrated scores ever ) , and of course the films of his ongoing collaborators julio medem ( la ardilla roja - one of stanley kubrick \ ' s favourite modern films ; lovers of the arctic circle and sex and lucia ) and almodovar , all of whose films since la flor de mi secreto have been scored by iglesias .

to what extent is volver a portrait of pedro almodóvar ? i became very fragile when i started doing the film , but it was not the type of fragility that makes you more vulnerable . let ' s say i became softer . there was a more rigid part of my life that , after this film , became a little more relaxed . it was a healthy process , although i don ' t do films to solve my problems . it ' s almost the opposite : i do films so that they can become something revulsive in my life . however , when i started shooting , i never imagined that those characters i knew from when i was a boy would actually appear to me when going back to the places of my childhood . i hardly ever go back to la mancha , but when i do , i feel like a little boy . there , i am not an internationally acclaimed director but the eight or ten year - old kid i was when i left the place , a kid who was very much disturbed by all the chaos there . when i wrote the script , i knew we would shoot in some places from my childhood , but i was hardly imagined that it would become such an emotional journey . this film brings back memories of my mother and father and exposes a fragility that i thought i had overcome . i am grateful for that .

pedro almodóvar these days , spanish helmer pedro almodóvar is one of the most respected filmmakers in the world , an oscar winner whose films have become cannes mainstays and who’s capable of attracting almost any talent that he’d like , despite having never made a film in the english language . but his global reputation is all the more remarkable considering just how challenging his fare can be . his violent , sexual taboo - pushing early work is the most obvious example , but throughout his career his interest in gay issues , sirk - ian melodrama , explicit sex and obsessive behavior has hardly been the kind of thing that usually makes the chattering classes line up around the block . but it’s the quality of his work , the way that his films are weirder , sexier , wittier , more puzzling , more moving and richer than 95 % of the stuff that sees the inside of theaters , that’s made him one of the most beloved filmmakers working . and there’s barely a bad film in his canon , particularly in the extraordinary run of films since 1997’s “ live flesh . ” and yet none have cracked sight & sound’s list . while our own favorite of his , 2007’s “ volver , ” is probably too new to judge whether it’ll stand the test of time , some of his most acclaimed films like 1999’s “ all about my mother ” and especially 2002’s “ talk to her ” ( which time named among the top 100 movies of all time in 2005 ) , didn’t make the crop either . are his films , like fassbinder , too vulgar , too sexual , and not serious enough for the critical establishment ? or is it simply a matter of letting time pass a little ?

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catches director pedro almodovar and star penelope cruz at the peak of their respective powers , in service of a layered , thought - provoking film .

set in spain , this is a generational story of three women : a good mother who is desperately in love with a man who is far from being a saint ; a young mother carrying a hard life upon her shoulders ; and an illegal hairdresser whose shop is the meeting point for all the neighborhood gossips .

it ' s up to charm to twinkle our attention away from the loose threads and daytime tv plotting .

it ' s clever and entertaining . it ' s marvelously deft , but never daffy . it works well enough , despite feeling like the most conventional film this great , envelope - pushing spanish director has ever made .

pedro almodóvar whipstitches a movie from patches of those mother - daughter melodramas mildred pierce , bellissima and two women and makes it seamless and original , funny as it is fierce , breathtaking as it is life - affirming .

the return rattles its chains for a spell , but it doesn ' t linger - - it quickly leaves .

beautiful performances , a refreshing story , and spot - on comedic timing make this a wonderful movie .

this is a woman ' s picture in the best sense of the term , anchored by bravura turns from penelope cruz and carmen maura . something of a departure for the spanish auteur , it also seals his status as a cinematic master . never that this was much in doubt .

almodóvar himself once again returning , with delicious self - consciousness , to an old plot . . . and reconfiguring it , as he does here even more radically than in his other recent films , in the subtle but provocative manner of his mature style .