All about my mother /

In an instant, nurse Manuela loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustriou...

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Uniform Title:Todo sobre mi madre (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Almodóvar, Pedro (Screenwriter), Paredes, Marisa, 1946- (Actor), Cruz, Penélope (Actor), Roth, Cecilia, 1958- (Actor), San Juan, Antonia (Actor), Wilson, Emma, 1967- (essayist.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Series:Criterion collection ; 1012.
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Summary:In an instant, nurse Manuela loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio)
Special features: making-of documentary from 2012 (52 min.) featuring interviews with cast and crew ; 1999 television program featuring the director, his mother, cast and crew ; 2019 post-screening Q&A from Madrid (48 min.) ; essay by scholar Emma Wilson.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; 5.1 surround.
Audience:Rating: R.
ISBN:9781681436838
1681436833