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2000

Best International Feature (a.k.a Foreign Language)

All About My Mother

1999

Rank

104

Score

85.44

SPANISH LANGUAGE

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8/2/21

Spanish LGBT Comedy Drama Film

[Original Title: Todo Sobre Mi Madre]
Director Pedro Almodovar follows a grief-stricken nurse who after losing her teenage son in an accident sets out to search for the boy’s long-lost father, now a trans woman, encountering a set of interesting characters that awaken her to a new maternal role. Almodovar creates an emotional melodrama with outrageous characters and situations that explore the meaning of motherhood and the trials and tribulations of LBGTQ life.
It won 1 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

DIRECTOR

Pedro Almodóvar

Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer, and former actor (born 1949).

CAST

Cecilia Roth

Spain (born 1956)

Marisa Paredes

Spain (born 1946)

Candela Peña

Spain (born 1946)

Antonia San Juan

Spain (born 1961)

Penélope Cruz

Spain (born 1974)

Rosa Maria Sardà

Spain (born 1941)

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