The International Federation of Film Critics has named Pedro Almodovar’s Volver the best film of the year.
Volver, which premiered in Spain in March, stars Penelope Cruz as a working mother with a teenage daughter and a layabout husband whose mother, played by Carmen Maura, comes back from the dead to tie up loose ends.
The federation, which includes 350 critics from around the world, announced the award late Thursday at a ceremony at the 54th San Sebastian International Film Festival in the northern Basque city.
The movie won best screenplay and a best actress award for the ensemble cast at Cannes.
It was also on the program at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, where Cruz revealed she wore a fake bottom to play the role.
This is the second Fipresci award for Almodovar, who also won in 1999 for All About My Mother.
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