Εξαίρετο, ίσως η καλύτερη ταινία του.
Why we chose it
Bright, explosive and tender, Almodóvar’s Oscar winner is dedicated to Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands, Romy Schneider and his own mother. A woman who has lost her son sets out to find the boy’s father, and on the way she finds friends in women who won’t let her fall.
Synopsis
Esteban dies on his seventeenth birthday, struck by a car in Madrid as he runs to get an actress’s autograph. His mother, Manuela, walks away from everything and heads to Barcelona in search of the boy’s father, whom Esteban never met. The man has never heard that he had a son.
Information
- Director
- Cast
- Also known as
- Todo Sobre mi Madre
- Festival screenings
- Oscars, Cannes FF, San Sebastián IFF
- Language
- Spanish, Catalan
- Country
- Spain, France
- Subtitles
- Polish
- Age rating
- 15+
Oscars
Best International Film
2000
Cannes Film Festival
Best Director
1999
San Sebastian Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
1999
European Film Awards
Best European Film
2000
BAFTA
Best Director
2000
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