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MPAA Rating - R

Length:
    100 Minutes

Genre:
    Comedy Drama

Original Release Date:
    Jul 11, 2000

Director
    Pedro Almodóvar

Cast
    Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Eloy Azorin, Rosa María Sardà

 
Movie Summary
Pedro Almodovar directed this story of a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is a single mother who has raised her son Esteban (Eloy Azorin) 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 (Marisa Paredes), who played Blanche. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of finding her ex-husband (and Estebans father), who is now working as a female impersonator. Manuela becomes reacquainted with old friend La Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a transexual, and is introduced to Sister Rosa (Penelope Cruz), a good-hearted nun who has to contend with her considerably more cynical mother (Rosa Maria Sarda). 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 (Candela Pena). Displaying Almodovars trademark visual style and a unusually strong sense of character-driven drama, Todo Sobre Mi Madre/All About My Mother received a highly anticipated theatrical run in Spain before winning the Best Director award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival; in 2000, Almodovar would recieve the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide


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