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Volver
Why this pick
Shares Almodóvar’s vivid women-centered world, where grief, family secrets and everyday resilience are held in a warm, melodramatic embrace.
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MOVIE1999 1h 41m ESP
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film centers on Manuela, an Argentines nurse who oversees donor organ transplants in Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid and single mother to Esteban, a teenager who wants to be a writer.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Penélope Cruz
Rosa
Cecilia Roth
Manuela
Marisa Paredes
Huma
Antonia San Juan
Agrado
Rosa Maria Sardà
Rosa's Mother
Patxi Freytez
Farmacéutico
Candela Peña
Nina
Eloy Azorín
Esteban