Todo sobre mi madre
Pedro Almodóvar
Manuela lives alone with her 17-year-old son Esteban who wants to know who his father is. Following a performance of the play A Streetcar Named Desire, Esteban is knocked over by a car, mortally injuring him. Manuella is desperate and leaves Madrid in Search of Esteban's father…
With : Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa Maria Sardà
Screenplay : Pedro Almodóvar
Image : Affonso Beato
Sound : Miguel Rejas
Editing : José Salcedo
Music : Alberto Iglesias
Screenplay : Pedro Almodóvar
Image : Affonso Beato
Sound : Miguel Rejas
Editing : José Salcedo
Music : Alberto Iglesias
Production : Deseo, El, Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma
Distribution: Pathé distribution
www.pathefilms.com
Distribution: Pathé distribution
www.pathefilms.com
Exiting a long tunnel, which operates like a journey through time, Manuela lives in Barcelona, and Pedro Almodóvar's cinema, for the first time, changes city. This journey to the past brings out a series of women who have already been seen in his more “exuberant” films (prostitutes, nuns, transsexuals, etc.), but never have they been more like us. Almodóvar talks of the opening of his films as an “ocean of pain”, and the spectator is stunned as they follow Manuela's almost sleep-walking state. Almodóvar gives Cecilia Roth, a faithful friend and long-time co-worker, an unforgettable central role. All About My Mother is Almodóvar's greatest public success and won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.