All About My Mother (1999)

04/16/1999 (ES) • 1h 41m

Comedy, Drama

Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman.

Overview

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

Catalan

Budget

$8,272,296.00

Revenue

$67,956,089.00

Keywords

drug abuse

barcelona, spain

transvestism

transplantation

madrid, spain

transsexuality

birthday

autograph

friends

lgbt

melodrama

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