ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER is a poignant, at times comedic examination of women in intimate relationships. The film visits themes of female vulnerability and solidarity, but in a new and profoundly mature way. Cecilia Roth plays strong-willed hospital worker Manuela, whose 18-year-old son's accidental death transforms her life. Reading her son's journals, grief-stricken Manuela realizes that he longed to hear about the father he never knew. Forsaking Madrid for Barcelona, she embarks on a search for the man she left almost 20 years before.

• 1 hr 42 min
• Directed by

  Pedro Almodovar
• Written by Pedro Almodovar

• Starring

  Cecilia Roth

  ,

  Marisa Paredes

  ,

  Penelope Cruz

  ,

  Candela Pena

  ,

  Antonia San Juan

  ,

  Eloy Azorin

  ,

  Rosa Maria Sarda

  ,

  Toni Canto

  ,

  Fernando Guillen

  ,

  Fernando Fernan Gomez

  ,

  Cayetana Guillen Cuervo