▁Go ya ▁nomin ations . ▁ ▁Vol ver ▁( 2 0 0 6 ) ▁Vol ver ▁( 2 0 0 6 ), ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁comedy , ▁family ▁drama ▁and ▁g host ▁story , ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁part ▁in ▁La ▁Man cha ▁( the ▁director ' s ▁native ▁region ) ▁and ▁follows ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁three ▁gener ations ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁family ▁who ▁surv ive ▁wind , ▁fire , ▁and ▁even ▁death . ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁an ▁o de ▁to ▁female ▁res ili ence , ▁where ▁men ▁are ▁literally ▁dispos able . ▁Vol ver ▁stars ▁Pen é lo pe ▁Cruz , ▁L ola ▁Due ñas , ▁Blan ca ▁Port illo , ▁Y oh ana ▁Cob o ▁and ▁Ch us ▁L amp re ave ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁reun ited ▁the ▁director ▁with ▁Car men ▁Ma ura , ▁who ▁had ▁appeared ▁in ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁early ▁films . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁very ▁personal ▁to ▁Al mod ó var ▁as ▁he ▁used ▁elements ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁child hood ▁to ▁shape ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁were ▁variations ▁of ▁people ▁he ▁knew ▁from ▁his ▁small ▁town . ▁Using ▁a ▁color ful ▁back drop , ▁the ▁film ▁tack led ▁many ▁complex ▁them es ▁such ▁as ▁sexual ▁ab use , ▁gr ief , ▁secre ts ▁and ▁death . ▁The ▁story line ▁of ▁Vol ver ▁appears ▁as ▁both ▁a ▁novel ▁and ▁movie ▁script ▁in ▁Al mod ó var ' s ▁earlier ▁film ▁The ▁F lower ▁of ▁My ▁Secret . ▁Many