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All About My Mother - Overview

Genre:   Comedy, Drama, Romance  
Opened: Nov 19, 1999     Run Time: 1hr 41min  
Cast: Cecilia Roth   Marisa Paredes  Candela Pena   Antonia San Juan        
Director: Pedro Almodovar   
Producer: Claude Berri   Claude Berri    
Executive Producer: Agustin Almodovar      
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Synopsis
All About My Mother: Manuela, a nurse and single mother in her late thirties, must come to terms with the tragic loss of her only son, Esteban, when he is struck by a car. She never told Esteban who he was, "your father died long before you were born" was all she ever told him. In memory of her son -- who's his father's namesake -- Manuela leaves Madrid and goes to Barcelona in search of Esteban's father. However, the man that she left behind eighteen years earlier w... Read More
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7.6 star rating 7.6 on
Rotten Tomatoes 98%  on  Rotten Tomatoes
Flixter 92%  on  Flixter
Box Office Data
# Weeks 34
# Total Gross $8.3M
Additional Content for All About My Mother
All About My Mother
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Warner Sogefilms
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: AMLF
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Pathe International
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Cecchi Gori Pictures
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Kinowelt Filmverleih
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Odeon S.A. (Greece)
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: 20th Century Fox Distribution
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Gaga Communications (Parent)
Foreign Distribution Sales: G2 Films
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I remember when All about my Mother came out, suddenly everyone knew who Pedro Almodóvar was, Live Flesh did well but this was his real international breakthrou...
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All About My Mother is a challenge to the conservative and conventional on family and relationships. Masterful performances, even from the young Penelope Cruz. ...
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