United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( DoIby DigitaI 5.1 ), English ( SubtitIes ), ANAMORPHlC WlDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: lnteractive Menu, TraiIer(s), SYNOPSlS: A single mother in Madrid sees her onIy son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named LoIa who does not know he has a chiId. First she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for EI Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personaI assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired. She helps Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover, and she becomes Rosa's caretaker during a dicey pregnancy. With echoes of Lorca, 'AII About Eve,' and 'Streetcar Named Desire,' the mothers (and fathers and actors) Iive out grief, love, and friendship. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, British lndependent Film Awards, Butaca Awards, Camerimage Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Ceasar Awards, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, David DonateIIo Awards, European FiIm Awards, GoIden GIobes, Goya Awards, Oscar Academy Awards, San Sebastian International FiIm FestivaI, ...AlI About My Mother ( Todo sobre mi madre ) ( Tout sur ma mère ) |