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{{Short description|2006 Spanish film by Pedro Almodóvar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Volver
| image          = Volver Poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Pedro Almodóvar]]
| producer       = [[Esther García]]
| writer         = Pedro Almodóvar
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Penélope Cruz]]
* [[Carmen Maura]]
* [[Lola Dueñas]]
* [[Blanca Portillo]]
* [[Yohana Cobo]]
* [[Chus Lampreave]]
}}
| music          = [[Alberto Iglesias]]
| cinematography = [[José Luis Alcaine]]
| editing        = [[José Salcedo (film editor)|José Salcedo]]
| studio         = [[El Deseo]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros. Entertainment España]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2006|3|17|Spain}}
| runtime        = 121 minutes
| country        = Spain
| language       = Spanish
| budget         = $9.4 million
| gross          = $87.2 million 
}}
'''''Volver''''' ({{IPA|es|bolˈβeɾ}}, meaning "to return") is a 2006 Spanish [[comedy-drama]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Abele |first=Robert |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/penelope-cruz-volver-1117955612/ |title=Penelope Cruz, 'Volver' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=12 December 2006 |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/08/10/volver/ |title=Volver |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=10 August 2006 |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> film written and directed by [[Pedro Almodóvar]]. The film features an [[ensemble cast]] that includes [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Carmen Maura]], [[Lola Dueñas]], [[Blanca Portillo]], [[Yohana Cobo]], and [[Chus Lampreave]]. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of [[Madrid]], Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends.

The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film ''[[The Flower of My Secret]]'' (1995), where it features as a novel which is rejected for publication but is stolen to form the screenplay of a film named ''The Freezer''. Drawing inspiration from the [[Italian neorealism]] of the late 1940s to early 1950s and the work of pioneering directors such as [[Federico Fellini]], [[Luchino Visconti]], and [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], ''Volver'' addresses themes like sexual abuse, loneliness and death, mixing the genres of [[farce]], [[tragedy]], [[melodrama]], and [[magic realism]]. Set in the [[La Mancha]] region, Almodóvar's place of birth, the filmmaker cited his upbringing as a major influence on many aspects of the plot and the characters.

''Volver'' premiered at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]], where it competed for the [[Palme d'Or]]. It received critical acclaim and ultimately won two awards at the festival, for Best Actress (shared by the six main actresses) and [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Screenplay]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4332959/year/2006.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Volver |access-date=2009-12-13|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> The film's Spanish premiere was held on 10 March 2006 in [[Puertollano]], where the filming had taken place. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Oscar]] for the [[79th Academy Awards]], making the January shortlist. Cruz was nominated for the 2006 [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], making her the [[List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees#Actress in a Leading Role|first Spanish]] woman ever to be nominated in that category.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Missy|last=Schwartz|url=http://ew.com/article/2006/11/03/penelope-cruzs-return-greatness/|title=Penelope Cruz's return to greatness|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York City|date=November 3, 2006|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
Raimunda (Cruz), her sister Sole (Dueñas) and Raimunda's daughter Paula (Cobo) are visiting the small village of Alcanfor des la Infanta,  in the  [[La Mancha]] region of Spain. Though they both now live in [[Madrid]],  the sisters grew up in the village. The three have returned to take care of the gravesite of their parents, who died in a fire a few years previous, and to visit their ailing, [[dementia]]-impaired Aunt, also named Paula (Lampreave). They also call on Agustina (Portillo), a next door neighbor who looks in all their aunt. 

Raimunda and Paula, live with Raimunda’s husband, Paco (de la Torre), who Paula believes is her father. When Paco attempts to rape Paula, saying that he is not really her father, Paula stabs him to death in self-defense. Claiming her husband has run off, Raimunda hides his corpse in the deep-freezer of a shut-down nearby restaurant she is minding for the absent owner, Emilio. When members of a film crew come to the restaurant to cater a week's meals, the resourceful Raimunda strikes a deal to earn much needed money in her husband’s absence.

Meanwhile, Sole returns to village upon hearing that Aunt Paula has passed. At Aunt Paula's wake Agustina confesses to Sole that she heard Paula talking to the ghost of Sole's and Raimunda's mother, Irene (Maura). Encountering her mother's ghost herself in Aunt Paula’s house, upon returning to Madrid, Sole finds that the ghost has stowed away in the trunk of her car. Sole lets Irene stay with her to assist at the illicit hair salon Sole operates out of her apartment, posing as a Russian immigrant who doesn't speak Spanish. The two conceal Irene’s presence from Raimunda, who hates her mother. 

Raimunda reveals to Paula that Paco was not her biological father, promising to tell her the whole story later. Leaving Paula with Sole, with the help of two paid suitably unquestioning female neighbors, Raimunda rents a van and transports the freezer containing the body to a spot by the river [[Júcar]], where they bury it. 

Meanwhile, diagnosed with terminal cancer, Agustina comes to Madrid for treatment. When Raimunda visits her in the hospital, Agustina asks Raimunda if she has seen her mother's ghost; Raimunda fears that Agustina too is exhibiting dementia. Agustina hopes the ghost will be able to tell her about her own mother, who disappeared three years before. While staying in Sole's apartment, Paula meets her grandmother's ghost, growing close to her. The next night, Agustina comes to the restaurant and reveals two startling secrets: her mother and Raimunda's father were having an affair, and her mother disappeared on the same day that Raimunda's parents died.

Sole reveals to a skeptical Raimunda that she has seen their mother's ghost, who is in the next room with Paula. Revealing the whole truth, Irene admits that she did not die in the fire. The reason for Raimunda and her estrangement, Irene has come to realize, is that Raimunda's father [[Child sexual abuse|sexually abused]] Raimunda, resulting in the birth of Paula. Thus, Paula is Raimunda's daughter and her sister. Unaware of Raimunda’s sexual abuse until Aunt Paula told her about it, Irene has never forgiven herself for being oblivious to it and believing Raimunda's pregnancy due to promiscuity. Finding her husband asleep in bed with another woman, Irene started the fire that killed them both. The ashes presumed to be Irene's were the ashes of Agustina's mother, the woman with whom Irene's husband was having an affair. 

After the fire, Irene wandered for several days in the countryside until deciding to turn herself in. First, however, she wanted to say goodbye to Aunt Paula, with whom Irene had been living prior to setting the fire and who had lost the ability to look after herself. Paula welcomed Irene home as if nothing had happened, and Irene stayed, caring for her sister and expecting that the police would come soon to arrest her. Due to the closed nature of the superstitious community, however, the police never came. Accustomed to tales of the dead returning, the residents explained the rare sightings of Irene as ghost sightings.

The family reunites at Aunt Paula's house. Irene reveals her presence to Agustina, who continues to believe her to be a ghost. As penance, Irene pledges to stay in the village and care for Agustina as her cancer worsens, saying to Raimunda that it is the least she can do after killing Agustina's mother. Raimunda and her mother embrace and promise to repair their relationship, with Raimunda regularly visiting her mother at Agustina's house.

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* [[Penélope Cruz]] as Raimunda, a mother living in [[Madrid]]'s suburbs
* [[Carmen Maura]] as Irene Trujillo, the mother of Raimunda and Sole
* [[Yohana Cobo]] as Paula
* [[Blanca Portillo]] as Agustina
* [[Lola Dueñas]] as Soledad ("Sole")
* [[Chus Lampreave]] as Aunt Paula
* [[Antonio de la Torre (actor)|Antonio de la Torre]] as Paco
* [[María Isabel Díaz]] as Regina
* Carlos Blanco as Emilio
* Neus Sanz as Inés
* Leandro Rivera as Auxiliar Producción
* [[Yolanda Ramos]] as Presentadora TV

==Production==

===Origins===
''Volver'' was first developed by Pedro Almodóvar, based on a story actress [[Marisa Paredes]] told him during the production of their 1995 film ''[[The Flower of My Secret]]'', another film set in the [[La Mancha]] region.<ref name="cineuropa-pa">{{cite web|first=Carlo|last=D'Ursi|title=Interview with Pedro Almodóvar, Director| website=Cineuropa| url=http://cineuropa.org/ffocusinterview.aspx?lang=en&treeID=1205&documentID=62911|date=March 14, 2006| access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> The story revolved around a heartbroken [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] man who opts to kill his mother-in-law in hopes of reuniting with his beloved wife, who left him and broke off contact, at her mother's funeral. Owning a restaurant, he leaves it in his neighbour's care, when he is about to kill his victim.<ref name="cineuropa-pa"/> Fascinated by the story and its background, Almodóvar decided on incorporating elements of it into the screenplay of ''The Flower of My Secret'', making it the plot of a movie-within-the-movie based on the main character's novel in the film.<ref name="cineuropa-pa"/> While working on the script for ''Volver'', he would however settle on outlining the role of the neighbour Raimunda, as the film's central character, while Emilio, the Puerto Rican, eventually became a supporting role only.<ref name="cineactual">{{cite web|first1=Armando|last1=Pérez|first2=Jennifer|last2=Rey|title=Volver:Regreso A La Mancha|website=CineActual|url=http://www.cineactual.net/volver-regreso-a-la-mancha/|access-date=2011-08-25}}</ref>

Almodóvar says of the story that "it is precisely about death...More than about death itself, the screenplay talks about the rich culture that surrounds death in the region of La Mancha, where I was born. It is about the way (not tragic at all) in which various female characters, of different generations, deal with this culture".<ref name="official-site-quote">[http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/almodovar/eng/diario01.htm ''A Volver Diary'' by Pedro Almodóvar]</ref>

===Casting===
Penélope Cruz was the first reported to have landed one of the starring roles in ''Volver'', having previously worked with Almodóvar on his films ''[[Live Flesh (film)|Live Flesh]]'' (1997) and ''[[All About My Mother]]'' (1999).<ref name="offnews1">{{Cite web|title=Penélope Cruz Meets Carmen Maura In "Volver", To Be Filmed On Madrid And Castilla La Mancha|url=http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/almodovar/eng/engnoticias.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404072257/http://www.clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/almodovar/eng/engnoticias.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 April 2005|website=Clubcultura.com|date=May 16, 2005|access-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> In preparing for her role, the actress watched [[Italian neorealism|Italian neorealism films]] from the 1950s, many of them starring [[Sophia Loren]] and [[Claudia Cardinale]], to study "the Italian ''maggiorate''" that Almodóvar envisioned for her performance in the film.<ref name="cineuropa-pa"/> Cruz, who had to wear a prosthetic bottom while filming, noted the role of Raimunda as "the best gift an actress can get".<ref name="about">{{Cite web| first=Rebecca| last=Murray| url=http://movies.about.com/od/volver/a/volverpc101506.htm| title=Penelope Cruz Talks About "Volver"| website=[[About.com]]| date=May 16, 2005| access-date=August 26, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008223924/http://movies.about.com/od/volver/a/volverpc101506.htm| archive-date=2012-10-08| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carmen Maura, the star of Almodóvar's debut ''[[Pepi, Luci, Bom]]'' (1980) and five additional films with the director, was the first to be cast in the film alongside Cruz.<ref name="offnews1"/> Her engagement marked her first collaboration with Almodóvar after a period of 18 years and a reported fallout during the production of ''[[Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown]]'' (1989).<ref name="cineuropa-cm">{{cite web|first=Carlo|last=D'Ursi|title=Interview with Carmen Maura, Actress|website=Cineuropa|url=http://cineuropa.org/ffocusinterview.aspx?lang=en&treeID=1205&documentID=62913|date=March 14, 2006|access-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> Maura commented on the "[[Borderline personality disorder|borderline]] character" of Irene as a "very complicated [role to play]".<ref name="cineuropa-cm"/>

=== Filming ===
Shooting locations included [[Almagro, Ciudad Real|Almagro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariocordoba.com/cultura/2005/08/06/almodovar-rueda-almagro-escenas-pelicula-38743156.html|website=[[Córdoba (newspaper)|Córdoba]]|date=6 August 2005|title=Almodóvar rueda en Almagro escenas de la película ´Volver´|publisher=[[Prensa Ibérica]]}}</ref>

==Music==
The tango "Volver" by [[Carlos Gardel]] with lyrics by [[Alfredo Le Pera]] is converted to [[flamenco]] and is sung in the movie with the voice of [[Estrella Morente]] and [[lip sync]]ed by Penélope Cruz. The dance tune playing at the party prior to Raimunda's lip syncing is called "Good Thing" by the British three-piece indie-dance combo [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]].

==Reception==
===Box office===
In the US alone, the film had made $12,897,993 (15.4% of the total) at the box office after 26.4 weeks of release in 689 theatres. The box office figure from the rest of the world is somewhere in the region of $71,123,059 (84.6% of the total) according to [[Box Office Mojo]]. The total worldwide gross is estimated at $84,021,052.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=volver.htm Volver (2006)] from boxofficemojo.com</ref>

As of 22 January 2007 the film had grossed $12,241,181 at the Spanish box office.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=volver.htm Volver (2006) – International Box Office Results<!-- Bot generated title -->] from boxofficemojo.com</ref>

===Critical reception===
[[File:Pedro Almodovar and Penélope Cruz 2.jpg|thumb|Almodóvar and Cruz on the red carpet at the [[Prince of Asturias Awards|2006 Prince of Asturias Awards]].]]''Fotogramas'', Spain's top film magazine, gave it a five-star rating.<ref>[http://www.fotogramas.es/Peliculas/Volver/ Volver (2006)], Fotogramas.</ref> Upon its US release, [[A. O. Scott]] made it an "NYT Critics' Pick" and wrote:<ref>{{cite web|first= A. O.|last= Scott|author-link=A. O. Scott|url= http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/movies/03volv.html|title=The Darkest of Troubles in the Brightest of Colors|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 3, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2012}}</ref>
<blockquote>To relate the details of the narrative—death, cancer, betrayal, parental abandonment, more death—would create an impression of dreariness and woe. But nothing could be further from the spirit of ''Volver'' which is buoyant without being flip, and consoling without ever becoming maudlin. Mr. Almodóvar acknowledges misfortune—and takes it seriously—from a perspective that is essentially comic. Very few filmmakers have managed to smile so convincingly in the face of misery and fatality: Jean Renoir and Billy Wilder come immediately to mind, and Mr. Almodóvar, if he is not yet their equal, surely belongs in their company. ''Volver'' is often dazzling in its artifice—[[José Luis Alcaine]]'s ripe cinematography, Alberto Iglesias's suave, heart-tugging score— but it is never false. It draws you in, invites you to linger and makes you eager to return.</blockquote>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave it his highest rating of four, calling it "enchanting, gentle, transgressive" and notes "Almodovar is above all a director who loves women—young, old, professional, amateur, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, dead, alive. Here his cheerful plot combines life after death with the concealment of murder, success in the restaurant business, the launching of daughters and with completely serendipitous solutions to (almost) everyone's problems".<ref>{{cite web|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link= Roger Ebert|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/volver-2006|title= Volver |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date= November 22, 2006|access-date=September 12, 2018}}</ref>

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 91% rating from critics, based on 158 positive reviews out of 173 critics, and an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's consensus states :"''Volver'' catches director Pedro Almodóvar and star Penélope Cruz at the peak of their respective powers, in service of a layered, thought-provoking film".<ref>{{Rotten-tomatoes|volver|Volver}}. Retrieved 2012-02-07</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] score of 84 out of 100 based on 38 critics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/volver |title=Volver |website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref>

===Top ten lists===
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2006/toptens.shtml |title=Metacritic: 2006 Film Critic Top Ten Lists |access-date=2008-01-08 |website=[[Metacritic]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071213004758/http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2006/toptens.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-12-13}}</ref>

* 2nd – Marjorie Baumgarten, ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]''
* 3rd – [[Glenn Kenny]], ''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]''
* 3rd – Kevin Crust, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
* 3rd – [[Richard Corliss]], [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]]
* 3rd – Philip Martin, ''[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]''
* 4th – Andrew O'Hehir, [[Salon.com|Salon]]
* 4th – [[Peter Travers]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
* 4th – Ray Bennett, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''
* 5th – [[Desson Thomson]], ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* 6th – Claudia Puig, ''[[USA Today]]''
* 6th – Scott Tobias, ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
* 7th – [[Kenneth Turan]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
* 8th – [[A. O. Scott]], ''[[The New York Times]]''
* 8th – [[Keith Phipps]], ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
* 8th – Kirk Honeycutt, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''
* 8th – [[Stephen Holden]], ''[[The New York Times]]''
* 9th – [[Shawn Levy]], ''[[The Oregonian]]''
* 10th – [[David Ansen]], ''[[Newsweek]]''
*; General top ten
* Carina Chocano, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
* [[Carrie Rickey]], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
* [[Joe Morgenstern]], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
* Liam Lacey and Rick Groen, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''

[[Sight & Sound]] magazine's critics poll named ''Volver'' the 2nd-best film of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=The best films of 2006|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-magazine/best-films-2006|website=bfi.org|date=27 February 2017 }}</ref> In 2019, ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked the film 46th in its 100 best films of the 21st century list.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 best films of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century |website=The Guardian |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> In 2025, the New York Times' "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" ranked ''Volver'' at number Eighty. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=The New York |date=2025-06-23 |title=The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html |access-date=2025-06-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 

===Accolades===
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
''Volver'' received a standing ovation when it was screened as part of the official selection at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]], and won the [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Screenplay]] award as well as the award for [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress]] — which was shared by the six stars of the film.<ref name="festival-cannes.com" />

{{Awards table|5}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "14" | 2006 || rowspan = "2" | [[2006 Cannes Film Festival|59th Cannes Film Festival]] || Best Actress || Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo and Chus Lampreave || {{won}} || rowspan = "2" | <ref name="festival-cannes.com" />
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| Best Screenplay || Pedro Almodóvar || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan = "6" | [[19th European Film Awards]] || colspan = "2" | [[European Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || {{nom}} || rowspan = "6" |  
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || Pedro Almodóvar || {{won}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Screenwriter|Best Screenwriter]] || Pedro Almodóvar || {{nom}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || Penélope Cruz || {{won}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]] || José Luis Alcaine || {{won}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Composer|Best Composer]] || Alberto Iglesias || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan = "4" | [[11th Satellite Awards]] || colspan = "2" | Best Foreign Language Film || {{won}} || rowspan = "4" | 
|-
| Best Actress – Drama || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director || Pedro Almodóvar || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay – Original || Pedro Almodóvar || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan = "2" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006|19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] || Best Actress || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}}
|-
| colspan = "2" | Best Foreign Language Film || {{nom}}
|-
| align = "center" rowspan = "34" | 2007 || [[National Board of Review Awards 2006|78th National Board of Review Awards]] || colspan = "2" | Best Foreign Language Film || {{won}}
|-
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2006|7th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards]] || colspan = "2" | Best Foreign Language Film || {{won}} || 
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| rowspan = "2" | [[64th Golden Globe Awards]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress – Drama]] || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | 
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| colspan = "2" | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] || {{nom}}
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| rowspan = "2" | [[12th Critics' Choice Awards]] || Best Actress  || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | 
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| colspan = "2" | Best Foreign Language Film || {{nom}}
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| 5th [[Golden Eagle Award (Russia)|Golden Eagle Awards]] || colspan = "2" | [[Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] || {{won}} || <ref name="2006 nominations2">{{cite web|url=https://ruskino.ru/award/orel/2006|script-title=ru:Золотой Орел 2006|trans-title=Golden Eagle 2006|publisher=Ruskino.ru|access-date=6 March 2017|language=ru}}</ref>
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| rowspan = "14" | [[21st Goya Awards]] || colspan = "2" | [[Goya Award for Best Film|Best Film]] || {{won}} || rowspan = "14" | 
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| [[Goya Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || Pedro Almodóvar || {{won}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] || Pedro Almodóvar || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || Penélope Cruz || {{won}}
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] || Alberto Iglesias || {{won}}
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| rowspan = "3" | [[Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || Carmen Maura || {{won}}
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| Lola Dueñas || {{nom}}
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| Blanca Portillo || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] || José Luis Alcaine || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] || Sabine Daigeler || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyles|Best Make-Up and Hairstyles]] || Massimo Gattabrusi and Ana Lozano || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] || Salvador Parra || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Production Supervision|Best Production Supervision]] || Toni Novella || {{nom}}
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| [[Goya Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] || || {{nom}}
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| [[13th Screen Actors Guild Awards]] || Best Actress || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}} || 
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| rowspan = "2" | [[60th British Academy Film Awards]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" |
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| colspan = "2" | [[BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] || {{nom}}
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| rowspan = "5" | [[16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards]] || Best Film Actress in a Leading Role || Penélope Cruz || {{won}} || rowspan = "5" | <ref name="elmundo2007nom">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/01/03/cultura/1167832775.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|title='Volver' y 'Así es (si así os parece)', las favoritas a los premios Unión de Actores|date=5 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="laopinioncoruna2007">{{cite web|url=https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/cultura/2007/02/13/union-actores-premia-volver-metodo-25536177.html|website=La Opinión de La Coruña|date=13 February 2007|title=La Unión de Actores premia 'Volver´, 'El método Grönholm´ y 'Mujeres´}}</ref>
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| rowspan = "3" | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role || Blanca Portillo || {{won}} 
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| Lola Dueñas || {{nom}}
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| Carmen Maura || {{nom}}
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| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role || Chus Lampreave || {{won}}
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| [[32nd César Awards]] || colspan = "2" | [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] || {{nom}} || 
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| [[79th Academy Awards]] || [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}}
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| [[12th Empire Awards]] || Best Actress || Penélope Cruz || {{won}}
|-
| 12th [[Forqué Awards]] || colspan = "2" | Best Film || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20070509/51344178746/el-laberinto-del-fauno-ganadora-del-premio-cinematografico-jose-maria-forque.html|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=9 May 2007|title='El Laberinto del Fauno', ganadora del Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué}}</ref>
|-
| [[French Syndicate of Cinema Critics|French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards]] || colspan = "2" | Best Foreign Film || {{won}} || 
|}

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees#Actress in a Leading Role|List of Spanish Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Lead Actress]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Film/audio/2006/08/08/almodovar.mp3 Audio] and [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/aug/04/features Transcript] from a 4 August 2006 interview about ''Volver'' with Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz at the [[National Film Theatre]]
* {{IMDb title|0441909|Volver}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|volver|Volver}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Volver}}
* {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316153420/http://sonyclassics.com/volver|archive-date=2016-03-16|url=http://sonyclassics.com/volver|title=Volver|website=sonyclassics.com|url-status=live}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016213605/http://moviegrande.com/volver/production.htm ''Volver'' Production Notes]}} from moviegrande.com

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