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"All About My Mother"
1999
Directed by Pedro Almodovar

Pedro Almodovar's moving and funny tribute to women, the men who want to be women and the glories of melodrama was an audience and critics' favorite around the world. The Academy Awards, the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review all proclaimed it the Best Foreign Language Film of 1999. Cecilia Roth, Antonia San Juan, Marisa Paredes and Penelope Cruz all give exceptional performances in this unique tale of a mother and the friendships she makes as she looks for her former lover after their son is killed. "It's the crossover moment in the career of a born four-hankie storyteller of ever-increasing stature" (Janet Maslin, New York Times). Spanish with English subtitles. 102 minutes.