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Volver
2006
· Movie
· 121 min
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #646
- IMDb #885
- Rotten Tomatoes #536
- Metacritic #543
- Letterboxd #389
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #888
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #647
- Metacritic Critics #442
- Metacritic Audience #1079
- Criticker #633
- Douban #491
- Kinopoisk #793
- AlloCiné #845
- Trakt #1085
Every rating
62–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the most agreed on films →The women of a small Spanish town deal with love, loss, and family secrets. After the death of their aunt, a mother and daughter return to their village to settle her affairs. They are visited by the ghost of their own mother, who supposedly died in a fire years earlier. Her return forces the family to confront buried truths and unresolved conflicts.
Details
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Released
- 17 March 2006
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.4M
- Box office
- $85.6M
- Awards
- 20 wins, 28 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (27) →
Awards & nominations
See all 48 →7 major awards won · 20 wins from 48 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| 21st Goya Awards 2007 | Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Winner |
| 21st Goya Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Carmen Maura | Winner |
| 21st Goya Awards 2007 | Best Film | Winner | |
| 21st Goya Awards 2007 | Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Winner |
| 21st Goya Awards 2007 | Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| 59th Cannes Film Festival 2006 | Best Actress | Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo and Chus Lampreave | Winner |
| 59th Cannes Film Festival 2006 | Best Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | Winner |
| 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
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21st Goya Awards
14 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Winner |
| Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Carmen Maura | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Salvador Parra | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Sabine Daigeler | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up and Hairstyles | Massimo Gattabrusi and Ana Lozano | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Best Production Supervision | Toni Novella | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Blanca Portillo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lola Dueñas | Nominee |
59th Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo and Chus Lampreave | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | Winner |
12th Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
64th Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress – Drama | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
13th Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
32nd César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
79th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
19th European Film Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Winner |
| Best Cinematographer | José Luis Alcaine | Winner |
| Best Composer | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenwriter | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | Penélope Cruz | Winner |
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Chus Lampreave | Winner |
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Blanca Portillo | Winner |
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Carmen Maura | Nominee |
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Lola Dueñas | Nominee |
11th Satellite Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Best Actress – Drama | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
12th Empire Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Winner |
5th Golden Eagle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
78th National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
7th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
60th British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
12th Forqué Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |