All about my mother /

Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. The heartbroken woman learns her son's final wish was to know his father - a tranvestit...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Todo sobre mi madre (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Almodóvar, Pedro (Screenwriter), Cruz, Penélope (Actor), Roth, Cecilia, 1958- (Actor), Paredes, Marisa, 1946- (Actor), Peña, Candela (Actor), San Juan, Antonia (Actor), Iglesias, Alberto (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: [Spain] : El Deseo, [1999]
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street)
Description
Summary:Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. The heartbroken woman learns her son's final wish was to know his father - a tranvestite named Lola whom she abandoned when she was pregnant 18 years earlier. Returning to Barcelona in search of him, Manuela overcomes her grief and becomes caregiver to a colorful family: a pregnant nun, a transvestite prostitute, and two troubled actresses.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Physical Description:1 online resource (101 min., 27 sec.) : sound, color
Playing Time:01:41:27
Production Credits:Director of photography, Affonso Beato ; editor, José Salcedo ; music, Alberto Iglesias.