1999 · drama
All About My Mother
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar1h 41m1999
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.
Our read: All About My Mother (1999) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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