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Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena
Pedro Almodóvar 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 Azorín), 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 Esteban's father), who is now working as a female impersonator. Manuela becomes reacquainted with old friend La Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a transsexual, and is introduced to Sister Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a good-hearted nun who has to contend with her considerably more cynical mother (Rosa María Sardà). 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 Peña). Displaying Almodóvar's 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, Almodóvar would receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
11/19/99
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
101 mins.
Locations
- Barcelona, Spain
Language
- Spanish
Box Office Total
$8,264,530
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1999 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1999 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress - Runner-up award at the 1999 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Film award at the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best European Film award at the 1999 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 1999 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 1999 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1999 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1999 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1999 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 1999 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1999 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1999 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best European Director- People's Choice Award award at the 1999 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 1999 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
Distributor
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Warner Sogefilms
