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All About My Mother

Original title: Todo sobre mi madre
  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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All About My Mother (1999)
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Pedro Almodovar's Oscar-winning comedy (Best Foreign Film, 1999) about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover and a pregnant nun.Pedro Almodovar's Oscar-winning comedy (Best Foreign Film, 1999) about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover and a pregnant nun.Pedro Almodovar's Oscar-winning comedy (Best Foreign Film, 1999) about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover and a pregnant nun.

  • Director
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Stars
    • Cecilia Roth
    • Marisa Paredes
    • Candela Peña
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    100K
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    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Stars
      • Cecilia Roth
      • Marisa Paredes
      • Candela Peña
    • 263User reviews
    • 90Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 59 wins & 40 nominations total

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    Marisa Paredes and Cecilia Roth in All About My Mother (1999)
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    Cecilia Roth
    Cecilia Roth
    • Manuela
    Marisa Paredes
    Marisa Paredes
    • Huma Rojo
    Candela Peña
    Candela Peña
    • Nina
    Antonia San Juan
    Antonia San Juan
    • Agrado
    • (as Antonia Sanjuan)
    Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz
    • Hermana Rosa
    Rosa Maria Sardà
    Rosa Maria Sardà
    • Madre de Rosa
    • (as Rosa María Sardá)
    Fernando Fernán Gómez
    Fernando Fernán Gómez
    • Padre de Rosa
    Fernando Guillén
    Fernando Guillén
    • Doctor en 'Un tranvía llamado Deseo'
    Toni Cantó
    • Lola
    Carlos Lozano
    • Mario
    Eloy Azorín
    Eloy Azorín
    • Esteban
    Manuel Morón
    Manuel Morón
    • Doctor 1
    José Luis Torrijo
    José Luis Torrijo
    • Doctor 2
    Juan José Otegui
    Juan José Otegui
    • Ginecólogo
    Carmen Balagué
    Carmen Balagué
    Malena Gutiérrez
    Malena Gutiérrez
    • Malena
    Yael Barnatán
    • Yael
    • (as Yael Bernatán)
    Carme Fortuny
    • Carmen
    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Agrado's monologue was based on a real life event. When the electronic system of an Argentinian theater failed, the director suspended the show. Actress Lola Membrives decided to give the news to the audience and make them an offer: if they'd stay, they could listen to the narration of her life.
    • Quotes

      Agrado: Well, as I was saying, it costs a lot to be authentic, ma'am. And one can't be stingy with these things because you are more authentic the more you resemble what you've dreamed of being.

    • Alternate versions
      Three minutes are cut from the US version. The total running time of the Spanish version is 104 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Instinct/The Loss of Sexual Innocence/Limbo (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Gorrión
      Written by Dino Saluzzi

      Performed by Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon), Marc Johnson and José Saluzzi

      Courtesy of ECM Records

      (from "Cité de la musique" 1997)

    User reviews263

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    9/10
    What a sensational study of the women universe!
    This time of the year, when we talk about movies, we have to talk about Oscar. The nominees will be announced this Tuesday, but there are already favorites in some categories. Some people still doubt that "American Beauty" will win as best picture- which I don't, because I think it was the best film of the decade- but almost everyone agrees that this wonderful movie "Todo sobre mi madre"/ "All About My Mother" will win as best foreign language film. And it really deserves that.

    I've always recognized Pedro Almodóvar's talent. Most of his films are very weird and quite surreal, but sometimes I don't understand him. So I couldn't decide if I would see "All About My Mother" on the movies, or if I would wait for it to come out on video. It was released in Brazil last October, and only yesterday I went to see it at a local cinema. And... What did I think about it? Well... A true, true masterpiece!

    The story of the film is about Manuela (wonderfully played by Cecilia Roth), a nurse who works at a hospital in Madrid, Spain, and has a 17 year old son, Esteban, who doesn't know the identity of his father. On the day of his birthday, he dies in an accident and Manuela gets desperate. She reads his notes and finds out that he wanted to know at least the name of his father. So she goes back to Barcelona, where she got pregnant, trying to search for her ex-husband, but some surprises will change her life.

    What Almodóvar makes to this movie is just incredible. He makes us cry and laugh- specially in the scenes where the transvestite Agrado is. But, in fact, the film is a deep drama, studying carefully the female universe with strength and realism, and also explaining the importance of a mother. All the main characters are very well developed and each of them has some importance in the plot. It's really amazing how Almodóvar knows women so well, and how he loves and cares about them. His film is a very complex masterpiece, with some important messages and a wonderful story, and should be seen by everyone, even for the American people who don't like subtitles. But pay attention- the dialogues are fabulous!

    "All About My Mother" is surely on my Top 10 of 1999. And... let's wait for the Oscar nominees on Tuesday, but I'm sure it will be nominated, and certainly win. It's much better than last year's winner as a foreign language film, "Life is Beautiful", and is a serious must-see. Just do me a favor: DON'T MISS IT!

    Rating: 10/10
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    • Feb 13, 2000

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    • Release date
      • March 31, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • France
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • Catalan
    • Also known as
      • Todo sobre mi madre
    • Filming locations
      • Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • El Deseo
      • Renn Productions
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,344,738
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $50,362
      • Nov 7, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $67,953,392
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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