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Penélope Cruz gives a startlingly good turn as put-upon housewife and breadwinner Raimunda.

Vi finder både den komiske realisme fra de tidlige år og melodramaet fra 90’erne – nu garneret med klare elementer af thriller.

It is refreshing to see Cruz acting in the culture and language that is her own.

Almodóvar is still one of the few directors worth watching just for how he uses color on the screen. But the pleasures have always run much deeper, and now they run deeper still.

No working male director loves the community of women more than Almodóvar, and Volver is his ode of love to women’s congress and fortitude. A delightful blend of melodrama and comedy...