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All about My Mother

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A distraught woman tries to overcome the shock of her son's death by changing her job, moving to a new town and becoming a pillar of strength for her friends. Pedro Almodovar's drama, starring Cecilia Roth, Penelope Cruz, Candela Pena and Marisa Paredes. In Spanish and Catalan

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Mature and moving aren't words usually associated with "King of Kitsch" Pedro Almodóvar, but they certainly apply to this inspired comedy drama that's littered with allusions to the Bette Davis classic All about Eve and Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. Devastated by the death of her son in a road accident, hospital worker Cecilia Roth donates his organs before leaving Madrid for Barcelona to carry out the boy's wish and tell his absent father of his existence. It is here that she finds a whole new purpose in tending to a pregnant HIV-positive nun (Penélope Cruz) and a grande dame of the stage nearing the end of her career (Marisa Paredes). With sassy humour coming from Antonia San Juan as a transvestite prostitute awaiting a sex change, this fond, deliciously flamboyant study of womanhood and friendship is intense without ever being overbearing, and touching but never sentimental. It's one of the Spanish director's finest achievements and it earned him a best foreign language film Oscar plus two gongs at the Baftas.

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Cast

rolenameManuelaCecilia RothHuma RojoMarisa ParedesNiñaCandela Peña"La Agrado"Antonia San JuanSister RosaPenélope CruzRosa's motherRosa Maria SardaLola, "la Pionera"Toni CantóEstebanEloy Azorin

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rolenameDirectorPedro Almodóvar

Details

Theatrical distributor

Pathe Distribution Ltd

Released on

1999-08-27

Languages

Spanish | Catalan

Guidance

Contains swearing, drug abuse and sex scenes.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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