![]() The story line plays second fiddle to the emotional connections of the characters and the strongest relationship comes from Raimunda and her daughter Paula. Coupled with the lighthearted film score and Almodóvar’s camera that allows the storyline to pour through small Spanish villas and flow over windmill populated landscapes, the film evokes a spirit of Fellini, as oppose to the Spanish surrealists or experimentalists such as Luis Buñuel. Whether she is dragging a body into a freezer or singing a delicate song her mother once taught her, the charming and lovable Cruz is enough to pull us through the story’s lulls. Although Volver seems to have a soap-operatic story, writer/director Pedro Almodóvar avoids most of the melodramatic trappings by maintaining a darkly comedic and honest tone, while Cruz’s attitude keeps the atmosphere light-hearted and optimistic. ![]()
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