| All About My Mother | |
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Agustín Almodóvar Michel Ruben |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Starring | Cecilia Roth Marisa Paredes Candela Peña Antonia San Juan Penélope Cruz Rosa Maria Sardà Toni Cantó |
| Music by | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography | Alfonso Beato |
| Editing by | José Salcedo |
| Distributed by | USA Sony Pictures Classics Spain Warner Sogefilms |
| Release date(s) |  16 April 1999 24 November 1999 |
| Running time | 101 min. Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Cecilia Roth (born Cecilia Rotemberg on August 8, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Actress. María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, (born April 3, 1946 in Madrid) better known in show business as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, Candela Peña is a Spanish Actress. Antonia San Juan (Born March 22 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) is a Spanish Actress, director and Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress Rosa María Sardà ( Barcelona, 1941) is a Spanish actress and comedian Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born San Sebastián, 1955 is a Spanish composer José Salcedo is a Spanish film editor with over 120 films to his credit as well as 17 nominations and wins of film-making awards Sony Pictures Classics is one of two specialty film divisions of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the other being Screen Gems (which produces more genre-specific fare Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Gross revenue | $67,964,530 (worldwide) |
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All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 film written and directed by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, sexual identity, gender, religion, faith, and existentialism, but always with his classical tragicomedy touch, the film presents these serious issues with an edge of dark humour. This article deals with the history of the word 'transvestite' Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives and that this essence follows from their existence
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Plot
The film tells the story of a nurse named Manuela (Roth) who works in Madrid and lives with her teenage son Esteban, who never knew his father, and wants to be a writer. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain.
One night after watching a stage production of Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Esteban is running after the car of Huma Rojo (Paredes), the actress who plays Blanche DuBois in the play, to get an autograph when he is hit by a car and dies. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize Blanche DuBois (b September 15, 1919) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire. Manuela sees the accident and, despondent, leaves Madrid to visit her son's father, Lola, who is a transvestite and a prostitute in Barcelona, and inform him of the existence of the son he never knew. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia While in Barcelona, Manuela reunites with an old friend, a warm and witty transsexual prostitute named Agrado (San Juan). She also meets and becomes deeply involved with Sister Rosa (Cruz), a young, pregnant nun who has known Manuela's ex-husband; and with Huma Rojo, the actress her son had admired.
Almodóvar ends the film with this dedication: "To all actresses who have played actresses. To all women who act. To men who act and become women. To all the people who want to be mothers. To my mother. "
Cast
- Cecilia Roth as Manuela
- Marisa Paredes as Huma
- Antonia San Juan as Agrado
- Penélope Cruz as Rosa
- Candela Peña as Nina
- Rosa Maria Sardà as Rosa's Mother
- Eloy Azorin as Esteban
- Toni Cantó as Lola
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Rosa's father
Responses
All About My Mother was widely regarded as Almodóvar's finest and most mature film to date. Cecilia Roth (born Cecilia Rotemberg on August 8, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Actress. María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, (born April 3, 1946 in Madrid) better known in show business as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress Antonia San Juan (Born March 22 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) is a Spanish Actress, director and Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, Candela Peña is a Spanish Actress. Rosa María Sardà ( Barcelona, 1941) is a Spanish actress and comedian Eloy Azorín ( Madrid, 1977 is a Spanish film theatre and television Actor. Fernando Fernán Gómez ( August 28, 1921 &ndash November 21, 2007) was a Spanish actor and director [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] [8] It won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Foreign-language Film and seven Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Argentinean actress Cecilia Roth. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain 's main national Film awards considered the Spanish equivalent to the American For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. It was named by Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, among other critics, as the best film of the year. Richard Warren Schickel (born February 10, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an Author, Journalist, and documentary Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and
Stage adaptation
A theatrical stage adaptation of All About My Mother by playwright Samuel Adamson received its world première at The Old Vic in London's West End on 4th September 2007 (previews from 26th August). The Old Vic is a Theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. This production marks the world's first English language adaptation of any of Almodóvar's works, and has the personal support and approval of Pedro Almodóvar. [9] He attended the press night with the film's Sister Rosa; Penelope Cruz. Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pe̞ˈne̞ˑlo̞pe̞ ˈkɾuθ̟ ˈs̺änʲʨe̞θ̟ born April 28 1974 better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress Music by the film's composer, Alberto Iglesias, has been incorporated into the stage produciton, with a Stage Score by Max and Ben Ringham. Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born San Sebastián, 1955 is a Spanish composer The Old Vic production runs from 25 August to 24 November 2007 and stars Diana Rigg, Lesley Manville, Mark Gatiss, Joanne Froggatt, Colin Morgan and Charlotte Randle. Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (born 20 July 1938 is an English actress. Lesley Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress Manville was born and raised in in Brighton, East Sussex, the daughter of a taxi Mark Gatiss (born 17 October, 1966) is an English Actor, Screenwriter and Novelist. Joanne Froggatt (born 21 August 1979 is a British actress Born in the North Yorkshire) village of Littlebeck Froggatt left her family home at the age of 13 It opened to generally good reviews, with some even stating that it improved upon the film. [10] [11]
Notes
- ^ David Ansen, "The Man of La Mancha. " Newsweek 5 Dec. 1988;
- ^ Celestine Bohlen, "Spain's Freest Spirit Gives Maturity a Try. " The New York Times 18 Jan. 1998
- ^ Richard Corliss, "Pedro on the Verge of a Nervy Breakthrough. " Time 30 Jan. 1989
- ^ Richard Corliss, "Loving Pedro. " Time 15 Nov. 1999
- ^ Lynn Hirschberg, "The Redeemer. " The New York Times Magazine 5 Dec. 2004
- ^ Brendan Lemon, "A Man Fascinated by Women, as Actresses. " The New York Times 19 Sep. 1999
- ^ Alan Riding, "Almodovar Takes the Pulse of Spain in Transition. " The New York Times. 11 Feb. 1990'
- ^ Jonathan Van Meter, "Man of Many Women. " The New York Times Magazine 12 Sept. 1999.
- ^ Benedict, David, "Stage Mother" Variety [1]
- ^ BBC review round-up [2]
- ^ Whatsonstage review round-up: Happy Mother’s Day for Old Vic [3]
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by La Niña de tus ojos |
Goya Award for Best Picture 2000 |
Succeeded by El Bola |
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