Photo by Eugene Hernandez (September 9, 2006)
"
Volver" director
Pedro Almodovar and
Penelope Cruz, not surprisingly, caused quite a frenzy when they entered (a bit late) to their party for the film, which is having its North American premiere at the
Toronto International Film Festival. A packed crowd waited inside a very warm Chanel store off Bloor in Toronto for the star arrivals, while crowds and photographers waited outside in the pouring rain. Once they arrived, they were wooshed upstairs and into a VIP area which became another frenzy with people trying their best to argue their way inside. "Volver" (meaning 'to return' is pronounced Vole-vair, NOT vole-vur) marks the Spanish-language return for Cruz, a veteran of past Almodovar films.