Encouraging healing amidst death and the illusion of death, Almodovar portrays a multigenerational group of women with his usual extraordinary tenderness. Ms. Cruz has a powerful screen presence and the entire cast is phenomenal

Lola Duenas’s face is the map of Spain and I could look at her for hours.

Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo; Directed by Pedro Almodovar
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