All About My Mother (1999)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
“Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 41m
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Cast
Cecilia Roth
Manuela
Marisa Paredes
Huma Rojo
Candela Peña
Nina
Antonia San Juan
Agrado
Penélope Cruz
Rosa
Rosa María Sardà
Rosa's Mother
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Rosa's Father
Fernando Guillén
Doctor in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Toni Cantó
Lola
Carlos Lozano
Mario
Eloy Azorín
Esteban
Manuel Morón
Doctor 1
Crew
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Screenplay
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Director of Photography
- Affonso Beato
- Original Music Composer
- Alberto Iglesias
- Editor
- José Salcedo
Details
- Original title
- Todo sobre mi madre
- Release date
- 1999-04-16
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Catalan, Spanish
- Countries
- Spain, France
- Production
- El Deseo, Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $67,958,231