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Synopsis

Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality.

They are Raimunda (Pénelope Cruz), who is married to an unemployed labourer and has a teenage daughter (Yohana Cobo); Sole (Lola Dueñas), her sister, who makes a living as a hairdresser; and the mother of both (Carmen Maura), who died in a fire along with her husband. This character appears first to her sister (Chus Lampreave) and then to Sole, although the people with whom she has some unresolved matters are Raimunda and her neighbour in the village, Agustina (Blanca Portillo).

Volver is not a surrealistic comedy although it may seem so at times. The living and the dead coexist without any discord, causing situations that are either hilarious or filled with a deep, genuine emotion. It's a film about the culture of death in my native La Mancha. The people there practice it with an admirable naturalness. The way in which the dead continue to be present in their lives, the richness and humanity of their rites mean that the dead never die.

Volver destroys all the clichés about "black" Spain and offers a Spain that is as real as it is the opposite. A Spain that is white, spontaneous, funny, intrepid, supportive and fair.

Cast

Penelope Cruz		Raimunda
Carmen Maura		Irene
Lola Duenas		Sole
Blanca Portillo		Agustina
Yohana Cobo		Paula

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Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/3/2006	29		$197,703		5	$39,541	$197,703	3
11/10/2006	33		$169,211	-14.41%	5	$33,842	$463,075	10
11/17/2006	32		$142,952	-15.52%	6	$23,825	$680,896	17
11/24/2006	20		$512,127	+258.25%	30	$17,071	$1,331,883	24
12/1/2006	21		$380,261	-25.75%	30	$12,675	$1,869,832	31
12/8/2006	21		$371,788	-2.23%	44	$8,450	$2,375,995	38
12/15/2006	21		$313,413	-15.70%	45	$6,965	$2,865,369	45
12/22/2006	20		$453,880	+44.82%	115	$3,947	$3,478,836	52
12/29/2006	19		$619,913	+36.58%	117	$5,298	$4,753,067	59
1/5/2007	23		$596,869	-3.72%	109	$5,476	$5,959,367	66
1/12/2007	28		$512,649	-14.11%	113	$4,537	$6,718,079	73
1/19/2007	30		$535,947	+4.54%	147	$3,646	$7,507,680	80
1/26/2007	23		$1,140,304	+112.76%	689	$1,655	$8,889,349	87
2/2/2007	23		$727,281	-36.22%	587	$1,239	$10,067,816	94
2/9/2007	24		$579,982	-20.25%	301	$1,927	$10,946,263	101
2/16/2007	24		$375,264	-35.30%	195	$1,924	$11,514,374	108
2/23/2007	27		$309,509	-17.52%	243	$1,274	$12,018,524	115
3/2/2007	32		$176,949	-42.83%	106	$1,669	$12,317,354	122
3/9/2007	35		$129,425	-26.86%	106	$1,221	$12,516,745	129
3/16/2007	42		$77,150	-40.39%	81	$952	$12,673,030	136
3/23/2007	44		$60,358	-21.77%	69	$875	$12,769,690	143
3/30/2007	48		$33,481	-44.53%	59	$567	$12,830,604	150
4/6/2007	59		$19,107	-42.93%	21	$910	$12,872,473	157
4/13/2007	78		$6,338	-66.83%	24	$264	$12,887,091	164
4/20/2007	92		$3,683	-41.89%	7	$526	$12,895,617	171
4/27/2007	117		$738	-79.96%	3	$246	$12,897,753	178
5/4/2007	121		$363	-50.81%	3	$121	$12,897,993	185
5/11/2007	112		$552	+52.07%	1	$552	$12,899,039	192
5/18/2007	119		$471	-14.67%	1	$471	$12,899,702	199

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
12/25/2006	20		$179,935		115	$1,565	$3,658,771	53
1/15/2007	30		$80,381		113	$711	$6,798,460	74
1/26/2007	20		$280,000		689	$406	$8,030,000	85
2/19/2007	30		$68,538		195	$351	$11,582,912	109

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2006-06-29	30		$1,910,547		459	$4,162	$36,480,628
2006-07-06	35		$922,245	-51.73%	645	$1,430	$37,402,873
2006-08-10	42		$1,350,782	+46.47%	413	$3,271	$42,340,007
2006-08-17	41		$1,472,070	+8.98%	397	$3,708	$43,812,077
2006-08-31	29		$3,169,154	+115.29%	467	$6,786	$50,129,278
2006-09-07	38		$2,506,915	-20.90%	412	$6,085	$52,636,193
2006-09-14	46		$1,226,685	-51.07%	391	$3,137	$53,862,878

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