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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. (R, 101 min.)
Original title: Todo sobre mi madre
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The Films Of Pedro Almodóvar: A Mini Retrospective
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Synopsis: This Oscar-winning melodrama, one of Pedro Almodóvar’s most beloved films, provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy’s long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penélope Cruz); an illustrious star of the stage (Marisa Paredes); and a transgender sex worker (Antonia San Juan). Beautifully performed and bursting with cinematic references, All About My Mother is a vibrant tribute to female fortitude, a one-of-a-kind family portrait, and a work of boundless compassion. [Criterion]
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Penelope Cruz
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Genre: Drama
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"A dedication to great women performers."
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"So intrinsically rich that it doesn't need any metaphors."
— Stephanie Zacharek, Salon
"It weaves life and art into a rich tapestry of love, loss and compassion."
— Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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— Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
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"An emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played take on the ups and (mostly) downs of a group of less-than-typical female friends."
— Jonathan Holland, Variety
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"All About My Mother is one of the best films of the Spanish director, whose films present a Tennessee Williams sensibility in the visual style of a 1950s Universal-International tearjerker."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Almodóvar's masterwork, is a spectacular synthesis of everything that has always interested him -- proud women, lovely boys, beautiful drag queens, grand movie stars, gorgeous frocks, wild wallpaper ."
— Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Just about everyone worth knowing in All About My Mother is female in spirit, which is to say they're all sexy, impossible, powerfully durable souls, quarrelsome and loyal, inventive at navigating the tragedies."
— Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
