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Todo Sobre Mi Madre (Spain/France)

All About My Mother

Mom and her friends

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Director: Pedro Almodovar

Cast: Cecilia Roth   Marisa Paredes   Penelope Cruz   Candela Pena

Footage: 99min

Year: 1999

Putting his distinctive spin on the women's picture, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar affectionately salutes the female spirit and alternative families in All About My Mother. This story is about a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises.

 Manuela is a single mother who has raised her son Esteban to adulthood on her own and has come to emotionally depend on him. One night, Manuela and Esteban take in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire; after the show, Esteban is struck and killed by a passing motorist as he dashes into the street to get an autograph from Huma Rojo, who played Blanche. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of finding her ex-husband (and Esteban's father), who is now working as a female impersonator. Manuela becomes reacquainted with old friend La Agrado, a transexual, and is introduced to Sister Rosa, a good-hearted nun who has to contend with her considerably more cynical mother. While looking for work, Manuela becomes acquainted with Huma Rojo. Huma, on the other hand, has troubles of her own, most involving her drug-addicted significant other, Nina.

References:

'My Mother': It's all about kitschy angst

National critics review 'All About My Mother'

ALMODOVAR'S 'MOTHER' LODE

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (ROGER EBERT)

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999)

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Dan Kelly)

All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre)

All About My Mother (long synopsis)

Still pleased with himself

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