All about my mother
2014
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From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar comes the story of Manuela (Cecilia Roth in a multi-award winning performance), a single mother, who after the tragic death of her beloved teenage son, leaves Madrid for her old haunts in Barcelona in search of the father, who is now a transvestite named Lola and does not know he has a child. Manuela reunites with her old friend, the transvestite prostitute Agrado, finds work with as the personal assistant to famous actress Humo Rojo and befriends Rosa, a pregnant nun (Penelope Cruz, star of Almodovar's Volver and Broken Embraces), who charges her with raising her baby, bringing Manuela full circle. All About My Mother is dedicated “to all actresses who have played actresses, to all men who act and become women, and to all the people who want to be mothers” and features superb, compassionate performances woven together in an extraordinary tapestry from one of cinema's greatest living directors.
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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (1 video file, 97 min. 15 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Notes:
Originally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 1999.Originally produced as a motion picture [Madrid] :El Deseo S.A.,1999.English subtitles.
Credits:
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Performers:
Cast: Actors: Penelope Cruz and Cecilia Roth.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
436186
Electronic access:
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