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SHOWTIMES DIRECT FOR 02/09/2007
For Westlake Village Twin - Westlake Village, CA and Paseo Camarillo Art Cinemas - Camarillo, CA |
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 | VOLVER | "Volver" is a meeting of "Mildred Pierce" and "Arsenic and Old Lace", combined with the surrealistic naturalism of my fourth film, "¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!!" ("What have I done to Deserve This?"), that is, Madrid and its lively working-class neighbourhoods, where the immigrants from the various Spanish provinces share dreams, lives and fortune with a multitude of ethnic groups and other races. At the heart of this social framework, three generations of women survive wind, fire and even death, thanks to goodness, audacity and a limitless vitality.
They are Raimunda (Pénelope Cruz), who is married to an unemployed labourer and has a teenage daughter (Yohana Cobo); Sole (Lola Dueñas), her sister, who makes a living as a hairdresser; and the mother of both (Carmen Maura), who died in a fire along with her husband. This character appears first to her sister (Chus Lampreave) and then to Sole, although the people with whom she has some unresolved matters are Raimunda and her neighbour in the village, Agustina (Blanca Portillo).
"Volver" is not a surrealistic comedy although it may seem so at times. The living and the dead coexist without any discord, causing situations that are either hilarious or filled with a deep, genuine emotion. It's a film about the culture of death in my native La Mancha. The people there practice it with an admirable naturalness. The way in which the dead continue to be present in their lives, the richness and humanity of their rites mean that the dead never die.
"Volver" destroys all the clichés about "black" Spain and offers a Spain that is as real as it is the opposite. A Spain that is white, spontaneous, funny, intrepid, supportive and fair.
at WESTLAKE
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Showtimes At Westlake Village Twin - Westlake Village, CA Click movie title to purchase tickets online! Friday 2/9 Notes on a Scandal: 12:00 | 2:30 | 5:15 | 7:45 | 10:00 The Painted Veil: 12:45 | 7:15 Volver: 4:00 | 10:00
Saturday 2/10 Notes on a Scandal: 12:00 | 2:30 | 5:15 | 7:45 | 10:00 The Painted Veil: 12:45 | 7:15 Serenity: 11:55 Volver: 4:00 | 10:00
Sunday 2/11 - Thursday 2/15 Notes on a Scandal: 12:00 | 2:30 | 5:15 | 7:45 The Painted Veil: 12:45 | 7:15 Volver: 4:00
Showtimes At Paseo Camarillo Art Cinemas - Camarillo, CA Friday 2/9 and Saturday 2/10 The Last King Of Scotland: 1:00 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 9:45 Notes on a Scandal: 12:00 | 2:15 | 4:30 | 7:15 | 9:30 The Queen: 11:45 | 2:15 | 4:45 | 7:30 | 9:45
Sunday 2/11 - Thursday 2/15 The Last King Of Scotland: 1:00 | 4:00 | 7:00 Notes on a Scandal: 12:00 | 2:15 | 4:30 | 7:15 The Queen: 11:45 | 2:15 | 4:45 | 7:30 |
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE TWIN - WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 4711 Lakeview Canyon Road Westlake Village, CA. 818-889-8061 AND PASEO CAMARILLO ART CINEMAS - CAMARILLO, CA 390 North Lantana Street(at Daily and Lantana) Camarillo, CA. 805-383-2267 |
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