All About My Mother

All About My Mother

Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman.

R 1999 · 101 min · ★ 7.6 (2K) · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Written by Pedro Almodóvar

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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

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