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All About My Mother

Original title: Todo sobre mi madre · Turkish title: Annem Hakkında Her Şey

“Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman.”

1999 · 1 h 41 min
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
ComedyDramaRomance

Cast

Cecilia Roth Marisa Paredes Penélope Cruz Antonia San Juan

Credits

Written by: Pedro Almodóvar

Plot

After her teenage son Esteban is killed in a car accident, Manuela, a nurse in Madrid, travels to Barcelona to find the boy's father, who doesn't know of his existence. She joins a circle of women, among them a transgender friend, a pregnant nun and an actress. Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Sinekatalog’s take

Almodóvar's melodrama follows a nurse who loses her son and seeks his father in Barcelona. Warm, colourful and tribute-filled, it celebrates women, actors and solidarity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (110,906 votes)
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