All About My Mother

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Quotes

"Astounding" - Time Out
"Superb" - The Times

Synopsis

From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, a stunning valentine to femininity in all its disguises, motherhood in all its glory and to classic Hollywood melodramas and their diva actresses.

A birthday treat turns into heart-rending tragedy for single-mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) when her teenage son is killed in a car accident after a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire starring his favourite actress Huma Roja (Marisa Paredes).

Determined to exorcise her overwhelming guilt, Manuela goes to Barcelona to finally tell his father about the son he never had. There, the reason why she had kept the identity of her forbidden lover a secret for so long is revealed. He is a transvestite named Lolawho is dying from an AIDS related illness. However in confronting her own past, Manuela forges a new future with Lola's transexual best friend Agrado (Antonia San Juan).

Considered by many as to be the finest movie Pedro Almodovar has directed in his entire glittering career, All About My Mother won the 2000 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.