Film

All About My Mother 1999

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 101 min
  • R

Rotten Tomatoes98%Metacritic87

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

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.

ComedyDramadrug abusebarcelona, spaintransvestismtransplantationmadrid, spaintranssexualitybirthdayautographfriendslgbtmelodrama
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