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All About My Mother

1999 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama

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Penélope Cruz as Hermana Rosa
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Bette Davis as Margo
Anne Baxter Photo
Anne Baxter as Eve
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Thelma Ritter as Birdie
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933.67 MB
1280*544
Spanish 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
P/S 3 / 4
1.87 GB
1920*816
Spanish 5.1
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MartinHafer9 / 10

Superb acting throughout--

First I must say "Curses Netflix!". It isn't that I don't love the service, but my DVD got stuck with four minutes to go in the film and I could not get this disk to play that portion--so I finally just read it on website. So, this is a rare case when I did not see all the film...just 98%. Curses...

I must first point out that this is NOT a film to watch with your mother or priest. It is jam-packed full of morally ambiguous people and situations that are bound to offend. This is NOT surprising, as director Almondovar seems to LOVE to offend or at least challenge the viewer--and this is a frequent theme in his films. It covers topics like AIDS, transvestite prostitution, drug abuse, nuns getting pregnant and codependency. This is NOT a film for the faint-hearted!! HOWEVER, despite a bizarre plot that I won't even try to summarize, I must also point out that this is among the best-acted films I have ever seen...period. The film sure packs an emotional wallop as well and leaves the viewer marveling at the cast and the expert direction. A must-see for anyone wanting to see great acting...simply great.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle7 / 10

brilliant style and compelling scenes

Manuela is a single mom who loses her beloved son Esteban when he gets hit by a car while chasing after actress Huma Rojo. Manuela is a nurse in charge of donor coordination. To avoid the temptation to look for Esteban's organs, she quits her job. She decides to return to Barcelona to tell transgender Lola about his son that he never knew he had. She finds her old transgender prostitute friend Agrado. She befriends pregnant nun Rosa along with Huma Rojo and her lover Nina Cruz.

I love the first half of the movie. I love Pedro Almodóvar's bright colors and exuberant style. The dirt road where the prostitutes congregate is an amazing scene. I just felt the movie loses focus later on as it deals with the various characters. It's still an amazing movie.

Reviewed by boblipton10 / 10

A Cry For Help

When her son is killed in a traffic accident after his 17th birthday, Cecilia Roth goes to tell his father he had a son. The father is a transsexual Toni Cantó.

Some of Pedro Almodóvar's movies seem to me to be little more than shock comedies with a great sense of color and composition. This one seems more. It a world where nothing makes sense, the characters here noisily assert who they are, defiant against the world's assumptions with a bravado that simultaneously hides and reveals their own lack of certainty. The reference to gay writers, the staging and restaging of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire is more than a simple plot device. It's a subtextual plea for compassion.

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