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Release Date: November 3, 2006 (LA/NY)
On DVD: April 3, 2007
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Official site: sonyclassics.com/comingsoon.php?filmid=290&page=1
Running Time: 121 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some sexual content and language

The film, which stars Penelope Cruz and Carmen Maura is a meeting of "Mildred Pierce" (Michael Curtiz) and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Frank Capra), combined with the surrealistic naturalism of Amodovar's fourth film, "¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!!" ("What Have I Done to Deserve This?") The backdrop 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,...

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