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Todo sobre mi madre : All about my mother /

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Manuela is a devoted single mother who needs to come to grips with the death of her 17-year-old son, Esteban. She had never told Esteban about his father, but after reading her son's journal she realizes she has to find Esteban's father, and explain what has happened. She leaves Madrid f...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Deseo, S.A, Renn Productions, France 2 cinéma (Firm), Vía Digital (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Almodóvar, Agustin, Almodóvar, Pedro, Roth, Cecilia, 1958- (Actor), Paredes, Marisa, 1946- (Actor), Cruz, Penélope, Peña, Candela, San Juan, Antonia, Sardà, Rosa María, Fernán Gómez, Fernando, Guillén, Fernando, 1931-2013, Cantó, Toni
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In Spanish with optional subtitles in English or French.
Published: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : [2007]
Series:Viva Pedro, the Almodóvar collection.
Subjects:
Mothers and sons > Spain > Drama.
Women > Spain > Drama.
Grief > Spain > Drama.
Cross-dressers > Spain > Drama.
Single mothers > Spain > Drama.
Spain > Social life and customs > 1951- > Drama.
Melodrama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Manuela is a devoted single mother who needs to come to grips with the death of her 17-year-old son, Esteban. She had never told Esteban about his father, but after reading her son's journal she realizes she has to find Esteban's father, and explain what has happened. She leaves Madrid for Barcelona, to reconnect with her old friend Agrado, who introduces her to Rosa, a young nun in trouble, and Huma Rojo, a brilliant actress whom young Esteban idolized. A Hollywood melodrama done up as Greek tragedy translated into the context of everyday modern life, the film sums up both the boundlessness and the limitations of a mother's love.
Item Description:Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 1999.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated R for sexuality including strong sexual dialogue, language and some drug content.
Production Credits:Director de fotografia, Affonso Beato ; montaje [editor], José Salcedo ; música, Alberto Iglesias ; director artístico, Antxon Gomez ; directora de producción, Esther García.
ISBN:1424809525 (set)
9781424809523 (set)