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 Movie B+ |
Video A | Audio B+
| Extras B Recommended!
Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura,
Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohanna Cobo, Chus Lampreave
director Pedro Almodovar | Sony Classics
2006 | Drama | R | 121 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
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anamorphic
widescreen 16:9
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Raimunda and her sister Sole lost their parents in
a tragic fire years ago? Superstitious villagers claim that the
girls' departed mother, Irene, has been seen wandering around their aunt
Paula's home. When Irene appears to Sole, she explains that she
has returned to set right her daughters' troubled lives and reveal
shocking secrets that will impact everyone. Raimunda has
troubles of her own, least of which is a corpse in the freezer!
This
movie is definitely a chick flick! The women in this movie pull
together in order to survive and deal with dramatic issues as adultery
and incest. Director Almodovar poignantly portraits dysfunctional
families' issues through "Volver" with surprising deep
emotional range from anger for the victims to laugh out loud unexpected
events.
Special Features:
1. Commentary with director Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz
2.
The making of Volver
3.
Director and cast interviews, including Tribute to Penelope Cruz
DVD released on 04/03/2007 | Reviewed 04/10/07
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-NS725P progressive scan DVD player, Sony
KP-65WV600 65" rear projection HDTV-monitor (16:9 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable
ULT V1000 Ultra Series THX component video cable, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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