All About My Mother
7.6/10
Rating
101 min
Runtime
1999
Release Year
Pedro Almodóvar
Director
Cast
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz
Quick Synopsis
After her teenage son dies in an accident, Manuela leaves her home in Madrid and travels to Barcelona to find the boy's father, whom he never met and who has been out of their lives for a long time. During her search, she reconnects with an old friend who is a candid transgender sex worker. Manuela also forms close relationships with a struggling actress and a nun who is both pregnant and living with HIV, as they all navigate their difficult circumstances together.
Detailed Synopsis of All About My Mother
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.
