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All About My Mother (1999)

Todo sobre mi madre

R 101 minutes ES Comedy , Drama

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

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

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Cecilia Roth

Manuela

Marisa Paredes

Huma

Candela Peña

Nina

Antonia San Juan

Agrado

Penélope Cruz

Rosa

Rosa María Sardà

Rosa's Mother

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Rosa's Father

Fernando Guillén

Actor "Doctor"

Toni Cantó

Lola

Eloy Azorín

Esteban

Carlos Lozano

Mario

Manuel Morón

Doctor 1

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Production crew

Alberto Iglesias

Original Music Composer

José Salcedo

Editor

Miguel Rejas

Sound Designer

José Antonio Bermúdez

Sound Designer

Diego Garrido

Sound Designer

Affonso Beato

Director of Photography

Antxón Gómez

Production Design

Bina Daigeler

Costume Design

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The most positive review

Of course, it's an Almodovar, so it's already a great film. But this one - the artistic shots, the characters, the story, the humanity - all top notch. I think this film might be his best.

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The most negative review

This film got my attention right away because of the references to 2 of my fave old Hollywood films : All About Eve and Streetcar Named Desire. Melodramatic with a lil comedy. My fave scene when all 4 ladies were at the couch just chatting and laughing. I love all the characters (maybe not Nina). Agrado…for the win! Penelope…what a beautiful nun, so sad about her situation though. Huma, at first kinda off (as she didn’t give the autograph to the son) but as the movie went on, I liked her character more and more. And Cecilia, very empowering. At first, the other characters were supposed to be helping the mother but in the end, she was the one who helped all of them, in a way. Feel good dramatic film.

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Production companies: Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma, El Deseo

Production countries: Spain, France

Budget: $8,272,296

Revenue: $67,956,089

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Certificate:

R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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