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Volver
Sat, Apr 30 | 5pm | TMT
Moving from small-town Spain to the country’s capital, Volver captures the depths and warmth of female relationships. Steeped in elements of the supernatural, Almodóvar creates heartwarming tragedy underlined with his signature comedy. Distinct for winning Best Actress at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for all its female leads (Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave), Volver is a heart- warming celebration of women.
DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar.
WRITTEN BY: Pedro Almodóvar.
CAST: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave. 2006. 121 min. Spain. Color. Scope. Spanish. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Talk to Her with The Skin I Live In
Sat, Apr 30 | 7:30pm | TMT
Talk to Her
Two parallel stories of men in love with women in comas is made heartfelt and somehow real- istic in the world that Almodóvar creates in Talk to Her . Marco (Darío Grandinetti) falls in love with bullfighter Lydia (Rosario Flores), and cares for her after she is gored by a bull. Benigno (Javier Cámara) devotes himself to the coma- tose ballerina Alicia (Leonor Watling). Themes of masculine and feminine attributes are treated with complexity and compassion in this film that celebrates the power of language, for which Almodóvar won Best Original Screenplay.
DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar.
WRITTEN BY: Pedro Almodóvar.
CAST: Javier Cámara, Leonor Watling, Darío Grandinetti, Rosario Flores. 2002. 112 min. Spain. Color. Scope. Spanish. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
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