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Manuela, an Argentine nurse oversees donor organ transplants in Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid and she is single mother to Esteban, a teenager who wants to be a writer. On his 17th birthday they go to the theater and after the show, Esteban tries to get the main actress'; autograph but is run down on the street and dies. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of telling her son';s transgender father Lola, about the death of the son he never knew he had. He is nowhere to be found but Manuela does find an old friend, Agrado and meets up with a pregnant nun, Rosa. Together they form a life and become fast friends - until tragedy strikes again.
28 August 1921, Lima, Lima, Peru
14 July 1973, Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
22 March 1961, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
1956, Cedillo de la Torre, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain
8 August 1956, Buenos Aires, Argentina
17 July 1952, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
28 April 1974, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
June 13, 1969 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
1976, Spain
27 November 1962, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
9 March 1936, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
22 November 1932, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
19 February 1977, Madrid, Spain
14 January 1965, València, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
9 June 1956, Cádiz, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain
3 April 1946, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
30 July 1941, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
10 January 1967, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
September 20, 2016
Thought-provoking Almodovar drama has lots of sex, profanityAugust 12, 2008
An emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played take on the ups and (mostly) downs of a group of less-than-typical female friends.August 12, 2008
For me it felt like a good many weeks at a politically correct summer camp.August 12, 2008
It brims with life.April 27, 2007
All About My Mother, for all its self-deconstruction, is played with more sobriety and conviction than any of Mr. Almodóvar's previous films.December 13, 2009
This film is as close to a masterpiece as the director has ever produced.October 13, 2009
Hits a number of the right emotional buttons, due in large part to Roth's extraordinary performance.November 03, 2015
...about the ability of melodrama to speak to, and rise from, our mundane lives.April 11, 2016
Almodóvar is able to speak through this melodrama with great mastery to all women... and all audiences for that matter. [Full review in Spanish]December 24, 2008
Like Almodovar's first masterpiece, Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown, this vivid melodrama, the auteur's second masterwork, celebrates the resilience and camaraderie of women under duress.August 12, 2008
It's a lovely work.February 09, 2006
It displays a depth and maturity lacking in Almodóvar's earlier work.