Volver is a celebration of sisterhood, of mothers and daughters and female companionship. A film that is almost completely absent of men, and if they were shown or talked about they were displayed as cheaters, molesters and adulterers. Almodovar shows to the viewers that family bond is not upheld by men, but rather by women. Women are the center family, the reason why relationships are kept and how family ties are bound together by secrets and live on through their love.