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All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña.
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. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, homosexuality, transsexualism, faith, and existentialism.
The film was a commercial and critical success internationally, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language in addition to the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Direction (Almodóvar). The film also won 6 Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Almodóvar), Best Actress (Roth).
The film centers on Manuela, an Argentine nurse who oversees donor organ transplants in Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid and single mother to Esteban, a teenager who wants to be a writer.
Manuela, an Argentine nurse oversees donor organ transplants in Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid and she is single mother to Esteban, a teenager who wants to be a writer. 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. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of telling her son';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.
In Barcelona, Spain, Manuela http://abouutmymother.blogspot.com/ reunites with her old friend Agrado, a warm & witty transsexual prostitute. She also meets & becomes deeply involved with several characters. Rosa, a young nun who works in a shelter for battered prostitutes.
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from IMDB: "A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, a wild yet caring transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, but instead finds out she is pregnant by Lola. Manuela becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired, by helping Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover. However, Agrado soon takes over when Manuela must care for Hermana Rosa's risky pregnancy. With echos of Lorca, "All About Eve," and "Streetcar Named Desire," the mothers (and fathers and actors) live out grief, love, and friendship."
Trailer oficial de la película "Todo sobre mi madre" de Pedro Almodóvar
All About My Mother (Spain) - 72nd Academy Awards - Best Foreign Movie Winner [2000] - Trailer
Available on DVD through www.umbrellaent.com.au Buy it here: http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/p-2403-all-about-my-mother.aspx From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar comes the story of Manuela (Cecilia Roth in a multi-award winning performance), a single mother, who after the tragic death of her beloved teenage son, leaves Madrid for her old haunts in Barcelona in search of the father, who is now a transvestite named Lola and does not know he has a child. Manuela reunites with her old friend, the transvestite prostitute Agrado, finds work with as the personal assistant to famous actress Humo Rojo and befriends Rosa, a pregnant nun (Penelope Cruz, star of Almodovar's Volver and Broken Embraces), who charges her with raising her baby... bringing Manuela full circle. All About My M...
[Spoken]
I realised I couldn't go on when i found my hair in my back pocket I like TOTALLY flipped out i was like "hey man" an shit
That was wierd man
[Sung]
When I was walking
I suddenly stopped to think
As my head began to spin
I hit the floor and before my eyes my life did flash
In pain I pushed myself forward
Unsure of where I was meant to be going
I crept into the road only to see the car's headlights illuminating my face for all to see
Well this was the time I lost my way to my dealer's house
This was the time I lost my way to my dealer's house
I nearly made it back alive
I nearly made it back alive
I nearly made it back alive
I died