| All About My Mother - Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Cecilia Roth |
Manuela
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| Marisa Paredes |
Huma Rojo
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| Penélope Cruz |
Sister Rosa
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| Candela Peña |
Nina
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| Antonia San Juan |
La Agrada
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| Eloy Azorin |
Esteban
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| Rosa María Sardà |
Rosa's Mother
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| Toni Canto |
Lola
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| Fernando Guillén |
Doctor in "Streetcar Named Desire"
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| Cayetana Guillen Cuervo |
Manuela's boss
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| Fernando Fernán Gómez |
Rosa's Father
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| Toni Cantó |
Lola
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| Eloy Azorín |
Esteban Coleman Echevarría
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| Plot |
| Pedro Almodovar directed this story of a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises. Manuela ( Cecilia Roth ) is a single mother who has raised her son Esteban ( Eloy Azorin ) to adulthood on her own and has come to emotionally depend on him. One night, Manuela and Esteban take in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire ; after the show, Esteban is struck and killed by a passing motorist as he dashes into the street to get an autograph from Huma Rojo ( Marisa Paredes ), who played Blanche. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of finding her ex-husband (and Esteban's father), who is now working as a female impersonator. Manuela becomes reacquainted with old friend La Agrado ( Antonia San Juan ), a transexual, and is introduced to Sister Rosa ( Penelope Cruz ), a good-hearted nun who has to contend with her considerably more cynical mother ( Rosa Maria Sarda ). While looking for work, Manuela becomes acquainted with Huma Rojo. Huma, on the other hand, has troubles of her own, most involving her drug-addicted significant other, Nina ( Candela Pena ). Displaying Almodovar's trademark visual style and a unusually strong sense of character-driven drama, Todo Sobre Mi Madre / All About My Mother received a highly anticipated theatrical run in Spain before winning the Best Director award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival; in 2000, Almodovar would recieve the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. — Mark Deming |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Foreign |
| Director |
Pedro Almodóvar; Pedro Almodovar |
| Producer |
Agustin Almodovar |
| Writer |
Pedro Almodóvar; Pedro Almodovar |
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| Studio |
Sony Pictures |
| Country |
Spain |
| Language |
Spanish |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
99 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
10/7/1999 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
100 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
3/1/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.66:1 Color
 Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396047198 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
2000 |
| Subtitles |
English; French |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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