All About My Mother
Original Title
Todo Sobre Mi Madre- Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
- Producer: Agustín Almodóvar; Michel Ruben
CGiii Comment
Deeply moving - beautifully done.
Really...beautifully done.
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The(ir) Blurb...
Manuela is a hard-working single mom who has raised her son Esteban by herself since the time he was born. On his 17th birthday they go to the theater and after the show, Esteban tries to get the main actress' autograph but is run down on the street and dies. Manuela is beside herself with grief and decides to return to Barcelona to tell the boy's transgender father Lola, about the death of the son he never knew he had. He is nowhere to be found but Manuela does find an old friend, Agrado and meets up with a pregnant nun, Rosa. Together they form a life and become fast friends - until tragedy strikes again.
Cast & Characters
Cecilia Roth as Manuela;
Marisa Paredes as Huma Rojo;
Candela Peña as Nina;
Antonia San Juan as Agrado;
Penélope Cruz as Hermana Rosa;
Rosa Maria Sardà as Madre de Rosa;
Fernando Fernán Gómez as Padre de Rosa;
Toni Cantó as Lola;
Eloy Azorín as Esteban;
Carlos Lozano as Mario;
Fernando Guillén as Doctor en 'Un tranvia llamado Deseo';
Manuel Morón as Doctor 1;
José Luis Torrijo as Doctor 2;
Juan José Otegui as Ginecologo;
Carmen Balagué