All About My Mother (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Pedro Almodóvar
IndiePix Price: $16.95
RUNTIME - 101 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 1999
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
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DVD Features:
Region 1
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Film Info
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that their only child has died. Along the way she forges a unique bond of friendship with a similarly burdened and truly bizarre group of women, including a scandalized nun, a lesbian starlet, and her heroin-addicted lover. With intricate strokes both humanistic and humorous, Almodvar weaves a touching, beautiful story about the strength of motherhood and the resilience of the human spirit.
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Awards
- ALFS Award, Foreign Language Film of the Year (Winner)
2000 London Critics Circle Film Awards (London, United Kingdom) - Audience Award (Winner)
1999 European Film Awards (Europe) - Best Actress (Nominee)
2000 Golden Satellite Awards (United States) - Best Actress (Winner)
1999 European Film Awards (Europe) - Best Cinematography (Nominee)
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain) - Best Director (Nominee)
2000 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
Press
"...Emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played....[The film's] witty script focuses on the characters' stoic resilience and good humor..."
- Jonathan Holland, Variety
"...The best foreign movie of the year....A unique and unforgettable tribute to female solidarity..."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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