TODO SOBRE MI MADRE
(ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER)A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress’s autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad’s father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired. She helps Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma’s lover, and she becomes Rosa’s caretaker during a dicey pregnancy. With echoes of Lorca, “All About Eve,” and “Streetcar Named Desire,” the mothers (and fathers and actors) live out grief, love, and friendship.
Year of production: 1999
Duration: 100 minutes
Credits
- Pedro ALMODÓVAR Director
- Pedro ALMODÓVAR Screenplay
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