Volver (2006)

Pedro Almodóvar's film about three generations of women, a run of family secrets and a mother who seems to have come back from the dead to put things right with her daughter. Penélope Cruz and Carmen Maura lead an ensemble whose six actresses shared Best Actress at Cannes, and the script won there too. It swings from farce to melodrama to ghost story without losing its warmth, and the cooking, gossip and village funerals give it a lived-in, sunny texture. Be aware that some of the secrets are very dark ones, so it suits a mother and daughter who like their comfort viewing with a sting. In Spanish with subtitles.