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This Oscar-winning melodrama, one of Pedro Almodóvar’s most beloved films, provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy’s long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penélope Cruz); an illustrious star of the stage (Marisa Paredes); and a transgender sex worker (Antonia San Juan). Beautifully performed and bursting with cinematic references, All About My Mother is a vibrant tribute to female fortitude, a one-of-a-kind family portrait, and a work of boundless compassion.
Original Release
04/16/1999
US Release
11/24/1999
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cecilia Roth | Manuela |
Marisa Paredes | Huma Rojo / Huma |
Candela Pena | Nina |
Antonia San Juan | Agrado |
Penelope Cruz | Hermana Rosa / Rosa |
Rosa Maria Sardà | Madre de Rosa / Rosa's Mother |
Fernando Fernán Gómez | Padre de Rosa / Rosa's Father |
Fernando Guillen | Doctor en 'Un tranvía llamado Deseo' / Actor "Doctor" |
Toni Cantò | Lola |
Carlos Lozano | Mario |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cecilia Roth | Manuela |
Marisa Paredes | Huma Rojo / Huma |
Candela Pena | Nina |
Antonia San Juan | Agrado |
Penelope Cruz | Hermana Rosa / Rosa |
Rosa Maria Sardà | Madre de Rosa / Rosa's Mother |
Fernando Fernán Gómez | Padre de Rosa / Rosa's Father |
Fernando Guillen | Doctor en 'Un tranvía llamado Deseo' / Actor "Doctor" |
Toni Cantò | Lola |
Carlos Lozano | Mario |
Eloy Azorín | Esteban |
Manuel Morón | Doctor 1 |
José Luis Torrijo | Doctor 2 |
Juan José Otegui | Ginecólogo / Gynecologist |
Carmen Balagué | |
Malena Gutiérrez | Malena |
Yael Barnatán | Yael |
Carme Fortuny | Carmen |
Patxi Freytez | Farmacéutico / Pharmacist |
Juan Marquez |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Agustín Almodóvar | Executive Producer |
Michel Ruben | Producer |
Claude Berri | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2000 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |
2000 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |