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All About My Mother

Original title: Todo sobre mi madre
  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 1h 41m
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7.8/10
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All About My Mother (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
7.8/10
96K
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POPULARITY
6,694
443
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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
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 258User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 58 wins & 40 nominations total

    Videos2

    Tráiler [OV]
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    Trailer 0:31
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    Photos92

    Marisa Paredes and Cecilia Roth in All About My Mother (1999)
    Cecilia Roth and Eloy Azorín in All About My Mother (1999)
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    Top cast

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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 Barnatán
    • Yael
    • (as Yael Bernatán)
    Carme Fortuny
    • Carmen
    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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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 reviews258

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    Top review
    8/10
    Tackling taboos
    Almodóvar is famous for repeatedly and warm-heartedly depicting women, men, transgenders and homosexuals without caring much about taboos.

    In "All About My Mother," he does this again, with well-written dialogues, portraying people with universal problems of love, loss, sickness and death. Like few other male writers and directors, he seems able to grasp and convey the sentiments and situations of persons that, in different ways, live in the shadow of the patriarchy.
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    FAQ1

    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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

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