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All About My Mother (1999)

★ 7.8R104 minDirector: Pedro Almodóvar

1999 film by Pedro Almodóvar

All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Rosa Maria Sardà, and Fernando Fernán Gómez.

The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film The Flower of My Secret (1995), which shows student doctors being trained in how to persuade grieving relatives to allow organs to be used for transplant, focusing on the mother of a teenager killed in a road accident. All About My Mother deals with issues such as AIDS, gender identity, homosexuality, faith, and existentialism.

The film was a commercial and critical success both in Spain, where it received 14 Goya Award nominations, winning seven - including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Roth; and internationally, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in addition to the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and two BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Direction, as well as Best Director at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is All About My Mother about?
All About My Mother (1999) — Argentine Manuela Echevarria, an organ transplant coordinator at a Madrid hospital, ran off from her husband in Barcelona eighteen years ago upon learning that she was pregnant, their son, Esteban, who she has never told about his father despite his curiosity, and her husband who
Is All About My Mother based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
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Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.