Volver

WOW! I really liked this movie! Each woman in this movie played such a different personality, and yet they all twined together needing each other.
Raimunda had the unthinkable happen to her during her childhood, being sexually abused by her own father and then having to bear his child. And raising that child with such love and caring, she is truley amazing.
Her sister, afraid of her own shadow, relies on Raimunda to help her get through her family life. Yet she is intelligent as is shown by her running her own beauty shop from her home. I love that she is the one her mother decides to confide in considering she is terrified of 'dead' people.
Her mother is quite the funny character. When she was hiding in the trunk of the car and agrees she is her own ghost, just so her daughter will let her out, that was priceless. She has gone through her own hell, having her husband cheat on her with her own friend, and then learning of him sexually abusing Raimunda, and that her grandaughter was fathered by her cheating husband. How courageous of her to take this matter into her own hands by burning down the cottage with him and his lover inside, and then how smart to play her own ghost. Thus allowing her to care for her sister and know her daughters are well.
The friend who is diagnosed with cancer and her desire, to find out the truth about her mother, that drives her to continue on in life. All the while she cares for her neighbor, the ailing aunt of her friends. She was such a kind womanand unselfish woman.
Last but not least, Raimunda's neighbors, they plain and simple brought comedy to the film, and yet it was clear they struggled to make a living.
Great movie, hope the remaining films are as good.