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| Penélope Cruz | ... | Raimunda | |
| Carmen Maura | ... | Irene | |
| Lola Dueñas | ... | Sole | |
| Blanca Portillo | ... | Agustina | |
| Yohana Cobo | ... | Paula | |
| Chus Lampreave | ... | Tía Paula | |
| Antonio de la Torre | ... | Paco | |
| Carlos Blanco | ... | Emilio | |
| María Isabel Díaz | ... | Regina (as Isabel Díaz) | |
| Neus Sanz | ... | Inés (as Nieves Sanz Escobar) | |
| Leandro Rivera | ... | Auxiliar Producción | |
| Yolanda Ramos | ... | Presentadora TV | |
| Carlos García Cambero | ... | Carlos | |
| Pepa Aniorte | ... | Vecina | |
| Elvira Cuadrupani | ... | Vecina | |
| María Alfonsa Rosso | ... | Vecina (as Alfonsa Rosso) | |
| Fany de Castro | ... | Vecina | |
| Eli Iranzo | ... | Vecina | |
| Magdalena Brotto | ... | Vecina | |
| Isabel Ayúcar | ... | Vecina | |
| Concha Galán | ... | Vecina | |
| Mari Franç Torres | ... | Vecina | |
| Natalia Roig | ... | Vecina | |
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| Pilar Castro | ... | Ayudante de la presentadora (scenes deleted) | |
| Carmen Machi | ... | Hermana de Agustina (scenes deleted) | |
| Raimunda Sánchez Expósito | ... | Elderly woman who falls asleep in funeral | |
| Agustín Almodóvar | ... | Empleado ferretería (uncredited) | |
| Luis Lattanzi | ... | Hungry second camera assistant (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Pedro Almodóvar | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Pedro Almodóvar | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Agustín Almodóvar | .... | executive producer | |
| Esther García | .... | producer | |
| Toni Novella | .... | line producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alberto Iglesias | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| José Luis Alcaine | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| José Salcedo | |||
Casting by | |||
| Luis San Narciso | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Salvador Parra | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Mara Matey | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Sabine Daigeler | (as Bina Daigeler) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jessica Aguirre | .... | trainee hair stylist | |
| Jessica Aguirre | .... | trainee makeup artist | |
| Ana Caballero | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Massimo Gattabrusi | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Esther Gázquez | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Ana Lozano | .... | makeup supervisor | |
| Mariló Osuna | .... | makeup artist | |
Art Department | |||
| Alejandra Loiseau | .... | construction manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| José Antonio Bermúdez | .... | sound | |
| Jaime Fernández-Cid Buscató | .... | boom operator | |
| Ruth Márquez | .... | assistant boom operator | |
| Miguel Rejas | .... | sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Juan Alonso | .... | digital compositor | |
| Aníbal del Busto | .... | digital compositor | |
| Eduardo Díaz | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Sergio Garcia Abad | .... | senior cgi artist | |
| Ramón Ramos | .... | digital compositor | |
| Thorsten Rienth | .... | digital compositor | |
Stunts | |||
| Ángel Plana | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Ana Cuerda | .... | key costume assistant | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Kathy Thomson | .... | digital colorist | |
Music Department | |||
| Isobel Griffiths | .... | orchestra contractor | |
Other crew | |||
| Yuyi Beringola | .... | continuity | |
| Sergio Díaz | .... | location manager | |
| Juan Gatti | .... | credits | |
| Marina H. Molini | .... | production apprentice | |
| Deborah Palomo | .... | publicist | |
Thanks | |||
| Núria Moreno | .... | thanks | |
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A wonderful movie,a masterpiece. Whether or not it's the summit of the director's output so far will be a matter of taste, but it's definitely up there with Hable Con Ella and All About My Mother.
The story is dazzlingly well told. Even though it has the trappings of soap-operatic melodrama, sheer pace prevents any of the characters descending into self-pity. The emotional courage of these women (there are only four men with speaking parts in the entire movie, as far as I can remember, with not one of them being a major character) is what marks them out. Their complete involvement in life and, particularly in this film, death.
The photography is excellent. Beautiful shots suddenly throw an event into weird relief, such as the funeral cortège framed between the sides of a narrow street, or the landscape suddenly resonating poetically with the hypnotic turning of windmills.
The rhythmic editing is a trademark of Almodovar's. He's like a great jazz musician. Talking of which, his use of and sensitivity to music is another of his defining characteristics, and the score here, highly reminiscent of the same composer's work on Hable Con Ella, is again wonderfully melodic and romantic, matching the inner fire of the superb actors.
Penelope Cruz lights up the screen. As others have remarked, her performance seems to be something of an homage to Sophia Loren - but Cruz is her own woman: she dazzles in a to-die-for role. However, this is far from being a star-plus-the-rest movie: the entire cast is in every way up to the mark, not least the great Maura, who herself seems to be invoking another Italian cinematic icon - Giulietta Massina.
Unmissable.