30 Days 30 Countries Challenge; Day 8-Spain

Volver is a quirky little dramedy with a little bit of a dark side to it. It doesn't shy away from the twisted elements of it's plot, but it instead focuses on the lighter and more endearing emotions that result from the darkness. Tonally, it reminded me a lot of 2011's The Descendants, minus all of the rich as fuck white people.

The sentimental moments work pretty well, and the movie is good…

Another piece I wrote in 2006:

For a film that tells the tale of a mother (Maura) returning from the dead to comfort her daughter, Raimunda (Cruz) through a stream of personal tragedies, Volver is perfectly titled. By rough translation it means to come back, and beyond the obvious reference to the plot, Volver is the film that has brought Almodóvar back to his birthplace of La Mancha. It also marks the first time in almost twenty years that the…

_Experiencia Almodóvar 2013 - 4 días con Almó_

No soy fan de la obra del director manchego. Tampoco soy fan de escribir criticas sobre sus obras, normalmente me resultan cargantes de un estilo demasiado particular que une el costumbrismo con el surrealismo. Cuando esos dos conceptos se unen, el costumbrismo se pierde quedándose un surrealismo falso, muchas obras llegan a ser culebronescas pero otras funciona. Para mi ver una película de Almodóvar es jugar a la ruleta rusa, con cinco…