All About My Mother

Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, et al.

This Oscar-winning melodrama, one of Pedro Almodovar's most beloved films, provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penelope Cruz); an illustrious star of the stage (Marisa Paredes); and a transgender sex worker (Antonia San Juan). Beautifully performed and bursting with cinematic references, All About My Mother is a vibrant tribute to female fortitude, a one-of-a-kind family portrait, and a work of boundless compassion.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396332232
• Release Date: January 2009
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Pedro Almodovar
• Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan, Rosa Maria Sarda, Fernano Fernan Gomez, Toni Canto, Eloy Azorin, Carlos Lozano
• Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Color; Dolby; NTSC; Original recording remastered; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.8"