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Cecilia Roth stars in this celebrated film from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. Distraught over the death of her teenage son, Manuela drives to Barcelona to find the boy's father, an itinerant transsexual named Lola (Toni Canto). While combing the city's less reputable districts, she also meets up with Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a sassy transvestite prostitute, and Rosa (Penelope Cruz), a pregnant nun on her way to El Salvador. She also becomes the manager for Huma (Marisa Paredes), the actress her son idolized, and helps her through a run of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Together these great ladies bond through various heartrending crises, enduring the pain and celebrating the beauty of being women (or almost women). Considered to be one of Almodovar's most fully realized works, this charming and unique film blends his earlier gender-bending irreverence with the mature grace and compassion of his later work, striking a perfect note of humor and pathos.Product Identifiers
ProducerAgustin Almodovar
EAN5060002830208
eBay Product ID (ePID)3942413
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleAll about My Mother
ActorRosa Maria Sarda, Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan, Eloy Azorin, Cecilia Roth, Toni Canto, Penelope Cruz
DirectorPedro Almodovar
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
Release Year2000
LanguageSpanish
FeaturesWidescreen, Theatrical Trailer, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureSpain
Director of PhotographyAffonso Beato
Costume DesignerSabine Daigeler, Jose Maria De Cossio
Production DesignerAntxon Gomez
ReviewsRolling Stone - ...The best foreign movie of the year....A unique and unforgettable tribute to female solidarity..., New York Times - ...It weaves life and art into a rich tapestry of love, loss and compassion..., Entertainment Weekly - "...Almodovar's masterwork, a synthesis of the director's fabulous fetishes..." -- Rating: A, Variety - ...Emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played....[The film's] witty script focuses on the characters' stoic resilience and good humor..., Sight and Sound - ...[The film] dramatises a general condition with formal elegance, nuanced observations and emotional resonance...
Movie/TV TitleAll About My Mother
ComposerAlberto Iglesias
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
AwardsBest Foreign Film 2000 -, Best Direction 1999 - Pedro Almodovar
ScreenwriterPedro Almodovar
Format DescriptionDVD 5
EditorJose Salcedo