The film's Spanish premiere was held on 10 March 2006 in Puertollano, Spain, where the filming had taken place. It received critical acclaim and ultimately won two awards at the festival, for Best Actress (shared by the six main actresses) and Best Screenplay. Volver premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Set in the La Mancha region, AlmodР“С–var's place of birth, the filmmaker cited his upbringing as a major influence on many aspects of the plot and the characters.

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. The plot originates in AlmodР“С–var'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. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid, Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. The film features an ensemble cast that also includes PenР“В©lope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola DueР“В±as, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. Volver ( Spanish pronunciation:, meaning 'to go back') is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro AlmodР“С–var.

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