All About My Mother (1999)
Coming Out at 16 April 1999 in theaters.
“Todo Sobre Mi Madre”
Drama
All About My Mother is drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña.
The plot originates in Almodóvar’s earlier film The Flower of My Secret (1995) which shows student doctors being trained in how to persuade grieving relatives to allow organs to be used for transplant, focusing on the mother of a teenager killed in a road accident. All About My Mother deals with complex issues such as AIDS, homosexuality, transsexualism, faith, and existentialism.
The film was a commercial and critical success internationally, winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in addition to the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Direction (Almodóvar). The film also won 6 Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Almodóvar), Best Actress (Roth).
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Cast
| Cecilia Roth | … | Manuela |
| Marisa Paredes | … | Huma Rojo |
| Candela Peña | … | Nina |
| Antonia San Juan | … | Agrado |
| Penélope Cruz | … | Hermana Rosa |
| Rosa Maria Sardà | … | Madre de Rosa |
| Fernando Fernán Gómez | … | Padre de Rosa |
| Toni Cantó | … | Lola |
| Eloy Azorín | … | Esteban |
| Carlos Lozano | … | Mario |
| Fernando Guillén | … | Doctor en ‘Un tranvía llamado Deseo’ |
| Manuel Morón | … | Doctor 1 |
| José Luis Torrijo | … | Doctor 2 |
| Juan José Otegui | … | Ginecólogo |
| Carmen Balagué | ||
| Malena Gutiérrez | … | Malena |
| Yael Barnatán | … | Yael |
| Carme Fortuny | … | Carmen |
| Patxi Freytez | … | Farmacéutico |
| Juan Márquez | ||
| Michel Ruben | … | Alex |
| Daniel Lanchas | ||
| Rosa Manaut | ||
| Carlos García Cambero | … | Heart Recipient |
| Agustín Almodóvar | … | Taxista |
| Paz Sufrategui | … | Heart Recipient’s Wife |
| Lola García | ||
| Esther García | ||
| Inma Subirà | … | |
| Anne Baxter | … | Eve (archive footage) |
| Bette Davis | … | Margo (archive footage) |
| Cayetana Guillén Cuervo | … | Mamen |
| Celeste Holm | … | Karen (archive footage) |
| Alexia Pardo | … | Agrado’s friend |
| Lluís Pasqual | … | |
| Dolors Pozzan | … | Verónica Forqué Double |
| Fito Páez | … | Espectador |
| Thelma Ritter | … | Birdie (archive footage) |