Volver – Film Review from Old Woman in Feature Films Blog
A wonderful review of a film that addresses many of the issues we gerontologists and everyone who cares about aging from a substantive perspective should know about. I have yet to watch it but I’m on the search as we speak!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441909/
Thank you http://oldwomaninfeaturefilms.wordpress.com for a great suggestion and a fabulous review!
The U3A screening at the Lexi in March was Almodovar’s Volver. The audience, as usual composed of a majority of women, greatly appreciated the film. This was expressed by lively contributions by many of them.
There were general comments: idealisation of women by Almodovar, absence and/or stereotyping of men, and the resilience of ordinary women. The themes mentioned were family lies, the need to deal with unfinished business and its relevance to us older women, the support of neighbours and friends in the country. More specifically the multiple relationships between women: mother/daughter, sisters, grandmother/granddaughter, aunts, friends and neighbours.
Apart from the general comments, it was interesting for me to see how Almodovar’s mise-en-scene was also appreciated and commented on. The first scene in the cemetery, the landscape with wind farms between the town and country, the use of the ghost superstition, the motif of the knife, the role of food, the…
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The Lonely Gerontologist 
This is a great film, I saw it a couple years ago. I like the fact that ordinary women often support other women in Almodovar’s films. I have seen several, including All About my Mother, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Flower of my Secret, High Heels, and Tie me Up, Tie me Down! I love all of them as they are really women-centric. He often has older or at least middle-aged leading ladies. Somehow he makes all of them and their quirks quite beautiful, as fully rendered people.
Katie
December 29, 2012 at 1:25 am
Wow. I wasn’t aware of that I had seen so many of Almodovar’s films myself! Thanks for providing a list. “Fully rendered people” what a great statement!
The Lonely Gerontologist
December 29, 2012 at 4:24 am