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Cecilia Roth stars in this celebrated film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Distraught over the death of her teenage son, Manuela drives to Barcelona to find the boy's father, an itinerant transsexual named Lola (Toni Canto). While combing the city's less reputable districts, she also meets up with Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a sassy transvestite prostitute, and Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a pregnant nun on her way to El Salvador. She also becomes the manager for Huma (Marisa Paredes), the actress her son idolized, and helps her through a run of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Together these great ladies bond through various heartrending crises, enduring the pain and celebrating the beauty of being women (or almost women). Considered to be one of Almodóvar's most fully realized works, this charming and unique film blends his earlier gender-bending irreverence with the mature grace and compassion of his later work, striking a perfect note of humor and pathos.
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ALFS Award, Foreign Language Film of the Year
2000 London Critics Circle Film Awards (London, United Kingdom)
Audience Award
1999 European Film Awards (Europe)
Best Actress
2000 Golden Satellite Awards (United States)
Best Actress
1999 European Film Awards (Europe)
Best Cinematography
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
Best Director
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
Best Director
2000 Goya Awards (Madrid, Spain)
Best Director
1999 Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France)
Best Film
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
Best Film
2000 Goya Awards (Madrid, Spain)
Best Film
1999 European Film Awards (Europe)
Best Film not in the English Language
2000 BAFTA Awards (London, United Kingdom)
Best Foreign Film
2000 Independent Spirit Awards (Santa Monica, United States)
Best Foreign Film
2000 David di Donatello Awards (Rome, Italy)
Best Foreign Film
2000 César Awards (France)
Best Foreign Film
2000 Cinema Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Best Foreign Film
2000 German Film Awards (Berlin, Germany)
Best Foreign Film
1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (Los Angeles, United States)
Best Foreign Language Film
2001 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (Australia)
Best Foreign Language Film
2001 Czech Lions (Czech Republic)
Best Foreign Language Film
2000 Australian Film Institute (Australia)
Best Foreign Language Film
2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (Los Angeles, United States)
Best Foreign Language Film
2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (Chicago, United States)
Best Foreign Language Film
2000 Golden Globe Awards (Los Angeles, United States)
Best Foreign Language Film
1999 British Independent Film Awards (London, United Kingdom)
Best Foreign Language Film
1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards (New York City, United States)
Best Foreign Language Film
1999 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (Boston, United States)
Best Foreign Language Film
1999 National Board of Review (United States)
Best Lead Actress
2000 Goya Awards (Madrid, Spain)
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
2000 Golden Satellite Awards (United States)
Best Non-American Film
2000 Robert Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Best Non-American Film
2000 Bodil Awards (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Best Original Screenplay
2000 BAFTA Awards (London, United Kingdom)
Best Original Screenplay
2000 Goya Awards (Madrid, Spain)
David Lean Award for Direction
2000 BAFTA Awards (London, United Kingdom)
FIPRESCI Film of the Year
1999 San Sebastián International Film Festival (Donostio-San Sebastián)
Golden Frog
1999 Camerimage Film Festival (Lodz, Poland)
Golden Palm
1999 Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France)
Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film
2000 Academy Awards (Hollywood, United States)
Outstanding Film
2000 GLAAD Media Awards (United States)
People's Choice Award
1999 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Fort Lauderdale, United States)
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
1999 Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France)
Silver Ariel, Best Latin-American Film
2000 Ariel Awards (Mexico)
Silver Condor, Best Foreign Film
2000 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (Argentina)
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"Mr. Almodovar has expressed the idea of life as a divine form of acting before, but never with the kind of clarity and beauty that glitter here." — New York Times
"Almodovar has called his near-unique creations 'screwball drama.' This finds him working at his best." — The Houston Chronicle
"This self-styled 'screwball melodrama,' a dance of grief, comedy, coincidence and resilience -- has a genuine emotional impact unlike anything Almodovar has done before."— Globe and Mail
"A richly satisfying film that uplifts with humor as it tugs at the heartstrings." — E! Online
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