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Todo sobre mi madre

All About My Mother
All about my mother.jpg
Original poster by Oscar Mariné
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Agustín Almodóvar
Michel Ruben
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring Cecilia Roth
Marisa Paredes
Antonia San Juan
Penélope Cruz
Candela Peña
Music by Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography Affonso Beato
Edited by José Salcedo
Distributed by Warner Sogefilms (Spain)
Pathé (France)
Sony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) (Spain)
  • 19 May 1999 (1999-05-19) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
101 minutes(US cut)
Country Spain
Language Spanish
Catalan
English
Budget 600 million pesetas ($4,989,091)
Box office $67,872,296

All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña.

The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film The Flower of My Secret (1995) which shows student doctors being trained in how to persuade grieving relatives to allow organs to be used for transplant, focusing on the mother of a teenager killed in a road accident. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, homosexuality, transsexualism, faith, and existentialism.

The film was a commercial and critical success internationally, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language in addition to the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Direction (Almodóvar). The film also won 6 Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Almodóvar), Best Actress (Roth).


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