Volver - the film

5th September 2006 with 1 Comment

At Cannes the Best Actress Award was given to “a family of actresses”, to the six actresses in Pedro Almodovar’s film Volver: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo and Blanca Portillo. Almodovar was given the award for Best Script.

I find myself waiting for films and books with certain signatures. This was [...]

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