Film

All About My Mother

1999 · 1h 41m · Comedy · Drama

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

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

98%

Metacritic

87

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.

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

José Luis Torrijo

Doctor 2

Juan José Otegui

Gynecologist

Carmen Balagué

Malena Gutiérrez

Malena

• Pedro AlmodóvarDirector · Screenplay
• Agustín AlmodóvarExecutive Producer
• Affonso BeatoDirector of Photography
• Alberto IglesiasOriginal Music Composer
• José SalcedoEditor
• Sara BilbatúaCasting
• Mamen MoyaCasting
• Pilar MoyaCasting

Original Trailer

Release date

April 16, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$67,958,231

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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