Todo sobre mi madre [videorecording] / El Deseo S.a. presenta ; una coproducion El Deseo S.A., Renn Productions, France 2 Cinema ; un film de Almodóvar ; guión y dirección, Pedro Almodóvar.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 33223 | Sony PicturesLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1435993691
- 9781435993693
- Title on disc label: All about my mother
- Todo sobre mi madre (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, José Salcedo ; music, Alberto Iglesias.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Pedro Almodóvar directed this story of a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is a single mother who has raised her son, Esteban (Eloy Azorín), to adulthood on her own and has come to emotionally depend on him. One night, Manuela and Esteban take in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire; after the show, Esteban is struck and killed by a passing motorist as he dashes into the street to get an autograph from Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes), who played Blanche. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of finding her ex-husband (and Esteban's father), who is now working as a female impersonator. Manuela becomes reacquainted with old friend La Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a transsexual, and is introduced to Sister Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a good-hearted nun who has to contend with her considerably more cynical mother (Rosa María Sardà). While looking for work, Manuela becomes acquainted with Huma Rojo. Huma, on the other hand, has troubles of her own, most involving her drug-addicted significant other, Nina (Candela Peña). Displaying Almodóvar's trademark visual style and a unusually strong sense of character-driven drama, Todo Sobre Mi Madre/All About My Mother received a highly anticipated theatrical run in Spain before winning the Best Director award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival; in 2000, Almodóvar would receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, José Salcedo ; music, Alberto Iglesias.
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sarda.
A woman must come to terms with the death of her 17-year-old son and her past when she seeks out her son's father.
MPAA Rating: R; for sexuality including strong sexual dialogue, language and some drug content.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1, anamorphic widescreen (2:35:1) presentation.
Spanish dialogue, optional English or French subtitles.