Volver vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Volver). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 1m. Volver is the older of the two (2006 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Volver
What We Wanted to Be| Volver | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Carmen Maura, Penélope Cruz, María Alfonsa Rosso, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Volver
Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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