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SPAIN · 1999
Todo sobre mi madre
Synopsis
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Cinematic DNA
I discovered Almodóvar at 16 with All About My Mother. It was a revelation. It showed me what cinema could be. It showed me that cinema could speak about the women that I love, could celebrate their pain, their joy, their struggles.
All About My Mother was a revelation. It showed me what cinema could be—that cinema could speak about the women that I love, could celebrate their pain, their joy, their struggles.
— Xavier Dolan · The Guardian: Xavier Dolan: the new wunderkind of world cinema
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