Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and Sole (Lola Dueñas) lose both of their parents in a fire in La Mancha, the village of their birth. The two, along with Raimunda's daughter, Paula (Yohana Cobo), return home to visit their aging aunt (Chus Lampreave). The aunt speaks of their mother, Irene (Carmen Maura), as if she were still alive, yet the daughters brush it off as senility. However, it is only a matter of time before their mother visits them too. Director: Pedro Almodóvar. With Blanca Portillo and Antonio de la Torre. Categories: Foreign Film, Drama. Year: 2006.
Pedro Almodóvar in Volver
Months after attending the same dance performance, strangers Benigno (Javier Cámara) and Marco (Darío Grandinetti), a young nurse and a forty-something writer, meet again at the private clinic where Benigno works. Benigno is the personal nurse for Alicia (Leonor Watling), a beautiful dance student who he has become obsessed with while she lay in a coma. Marco is at the clinic to visit his girlfriend, Lidia (Rosario Flores), who is also in a coma after being gored while fighting a bull. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2002.
Pedro Almodóvar in Talk to Her
In the process of coming to terms with the tragic loss of her only son, Esteban (Eloy Azorín), Manuela (Cecilia Roth) leaves Madrid and goes to Barcelona to find the boy's father, a transvestite named Lola (Toni Cantó). But first, she finds her transvestite friend, Agrado (Antonia San Juan), meets Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes), the actress her son admired. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Categories: Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 1999.
Pedro Almodóvar in All About My Mother