Volver

I am right now revisiting a film I've not seen since the theatre. Prior to seeing Volver I actually had never been terribly impressed with Penélope Cruz. However, after the scene when she was lying in bed with the camera looking over her, I fell completely in love. Director Pedro Almodóvar is also clearly enamored of her and it is apparent by how luminous she appears in every frame of this film.

The first third of the movie sucks you in with its Hitchcockian/film noir plot but then moves into a ghost story of sorts, then finally it settles on family, sisterhood, mothers and daughters and the fierce love that bonds these glorious women together. It's most definitely one of my favourite Almodóvar films and absolutely one of his finest achievements.