Name: All About My Mother
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz

Oscar · 1Globe · 1BAFTA · 2Cannes · 1

Spoiler-free premise

After her son's death, nurse Manuela returns to Barcelona seeking his father and reconnects with a vivid community of women.

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Madrid nurse Manuela loses her teenage son Esteban and travels to Barcelona to find his father, now living as Lola. She reconnects with transgender performer Agrado, pregnant nun Rosa, and stage actress Huma Rojo, whom Esteban admired.

Why it belongs

Through theater, saturated color, women caring for women, and Roth's quietly generous Manuela, All About My Mother shapes grief as chosen kinship.

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Cecilia Roth's attentive Manuela lets melodrama expand around solidarity rather than self-display. Red coats, dressing rooms, hospitals, trams, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Alberto Iglesias's score connect performance to caregiving.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20

Academy Awards1 win2000 · official ceremony record ↗

Plus 1 additional win

No headline-category win to name

Golden Globes1 win2000 · official film record ↗

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language2000 · All About My Motherofficial film record ↗

BAFTA2 wins2000 · official BAFTA 2000 Film Awards results ↗

Best Direction2000 · Pedro Almodóvarofficial BAFTA 2000 Film Awards results ↗

Plus 1 additional win

Cannes1 win1999 · official festival record ↗

Award for Best Director1999 · Pedro ALMODÓVARofficial festival record ↗

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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All About My Mother

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