All About My Mother
Todo sobre mi madre
1999
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) — 72nd Academy Awards
- Director:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Studio:
- El Deseo, Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Via Digital
- Starring:
- Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
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Manuela is an Argentine nurse who supervises donor organ transplants at Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid. She is also a single mother to Esteban, a teenager who aspires to become a writer. On the night of Esteban's 17th birthday, he is hit and killed by a car while chasing after his favorite actress, Huma Rojo, for her autograph following a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire, where Huma portrays Blanche DuBois.