In the company of women; "Volver" is a return to Almodovar's comfort zone.(VITA.MN)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: December 21, 2006| Author: Covert, Colin | Copyright information

Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer

Sweeping, cooking, murder, scrubbing up bloodstains, ghosts, singing, hairdressing - it's one thing after another for the women in "Volver," Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's latest film. Endlessly resourceful, they are deeply engaged in everyday life, even after death.

The title means "to return," and one strand of the intricate plot concerns a woman who visits her troubled daughters to lend a hand, even though she perishe...

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