The Eclectic Cinema presents: All About My Mother (1999)

All About My Mother 15
Spain | 1999 | 101 minutes

DIRECTED BY
Pedro Almodóvar
STARRING
Cecilia Roth | Marisa Paredes | Candela Peña

22 September 2025 MONDAY 19:30
AUDITORIUM

Almodóvar is famed for his family melodramas featuring a recurring cast of fine female actors. In this one, Cecilia Roth play Manuela, who witnesses Esteban's death in a horrific road accident early on in the film. Esteban is her son from a relationship with Lola - now a trans women, dying from AIDS - who never never knew of Esteban, while Esteban never knew of Lola. Manuela therefore travels to Madrid to see Lola and reveal her secret. The story continues, with Almodóvar keeping perfect grip on the complex twists, turns and coincidences to deliver a movie that is amusing, dramatic, and always, always sympathetic to its characters.

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