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All About My Mother

Original title: Todo sobre mi madre
  • 19991999
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  • 1h 41m
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7.8/10
96K
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Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
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Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.

IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Stars
    • Cecilia Roth
    • Marisa Paredes
    • Candela Peña
Top credits
  • Director
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Stars
    • Cecilia Roth
    • Marisa Paredes
    • Candela Peña
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    • 257User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 58 wins & 40 nominations total

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    Marisa Paredes and Cecilia Roth in Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
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    Top cast

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    Cecilia Roth
    Cecilia Roth
    • Manuelaas Manuela
    Marisa Paredes
    Marisa Paredes
    • Huma Rojoas Huma Rojo
    Candela Peña
    Candela Peña
    • Ninaas Nina
    Antonia San Juan
    Antonia San Juan
    • Agradoas Agrado
    Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz
    • Hermana Rosaas Hermana Rosa
    Rosa Maria Sardà
    Rosa Maria Sardà
    • Madre de Rosaas Madre de Rosa
    • (as Rosa María Sardá)
    Fernando Fernán Gómez
    Fernando Fernán Gómez
    • Padre de Rosaas Padre de Rosa
    Fernando Guillén
    Fernando Guillén
    • Doctor en 'Un tranvía llamado Deseo'as Doctor en 'Un tranvía llamado Deseo'
    Toni Cantó
    • Lolaas Lola
    Carlos Lozano
    • Marioas Mario
    Eloy Azorín
    Eloy Azorín
    • Estebanas Esteban
    Manuel Morón
    Manuel Morón
    • Doctor 1as Doctor 1
    José Luis Torrijo
    José Luis Torrijo
    • Doctor 2as Doctor 2
    Juan José Otegui
    Juan José Otegui
    • Ginecólogoas Ginecólogo
    Carmen Balagué
    Carmen Balagué
    Malena Gutiérrez
    Malena Gutiérrez
    • Malenaas Malena
    Yael Barnatán
    Yael Barnatán
    • Yaelas Yael
    • (as Yael Bernatán)
    Carme Fortuny
    • Carmenas Carmen
    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
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    Storyline

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    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 didn't know about the pregnancy when she ran off. An event coinciding with Esteban, an aspiring writer, turning seventeen leads to Manuela feeling the need to return to Barcelona to look for her husband. There, she ends up further acting as the maternal figure for people in need. One is a young nun named Sister Rosa, who she meets through her old friend, a transvestite prostitute who has assumed the name Agrado in her agreeable nature. Rosa has a strained relationship with her own conservative mother, as she is consumed with caring for her ill husband, who suffers from Alzheimer's. The other is actress Huma Rojo, currently appearing as Blanche Dubois in a stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which has long been a touchstone for Manuela in productions of it coinciding with milestone moments in her life, this production no different. Huma is in a troubled codependent relationship with her younger "Stella Kowalski" costar Nina Cruz, a closet junkie, hence Huma's emotional need for support. By the end of her stay in Barcelona, Manuela will have another non-relative for who she will feel the need to act as a mother figure. —Huggo
    • actress
    • writer
    • grief
    • friendship
    • single mother
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman. (English trailer)
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for sexuality including strong sexual dialogue, language and some drug content
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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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 At the Movies: 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 reviews257

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    Top review
    All about this film
    This film is one of Almodovar's best. It has a very strong storyline and strong characters.

    Manuela is a wonderfully strong character and is played exceptionally well by Cecilia Roth. A simply awe inspiring performance.

    Although some people would find some of the characters a little hard to understand and accept, but that's part of Almodovar's wonderful ways of filming people from all walks of life.

    If I had to rate this out of 10, I'd give in 9 out of 10.
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    • Mar 12, 2000

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    • What sex is the person who plays Agrado?

    Details

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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
      • $67,953,969
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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