---
title: 'Volver (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pedro Almodóvar'
released: '2006-03-10'
runtime_minutes: 121
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/volver-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441909/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Volver (2006)

2006 · R · 121 min · Comedy · Spain


## Synopsis

Volver is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. 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. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Screenplay:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alberto Iglesias](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-iglesias)
- **Producer:** [Esther García](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-garcia)
- **Director of Photography:** [José Luis Alcaine Escaño](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-alcaine-escano)
- **Editor:** [José Salcedo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-salcedo)

## Cast

- [Carmen Machi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-machi)
- [Pilar Castro](https://cinepixo.com/people/pilar-castro)
- [Chus Lampreave](https://cinepixo.com/people/chus-lampreave)
- [Antonio de la Torre](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-de-la-torre)
- [Yolanda Ramos](https://cinepixo.com/people/yolanda-ramos)
- [Blanca Portillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanca-portillo)
- [Carmen Maura](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-maura)
- [Lola Dueñas](https://cinepixo.com/people/lola-duenas)
- [Penélope Cruz](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-cruz)
- [Neus Sanz i Escobar](https://cinepixo.com/people/neus-sanz-i-escobar)
- [María Isabel Díaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-isabel-diaz)
- [Yohana Cobo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yohana-cobo)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/volver-2006
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