All About My Mother (1999)

Directors

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Agustín Almodóvar, Anne Baxter, Antonia San Juan, Bette Davis, Candela Peña, Carmen Balagué, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Cecilia Roth, Celeste Holm, Eloy Azorín, Esther García, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Fernando Guillén Gallego, José Luis Torrijo, Manuel Morón, Marisa Paredes, Patxi Freytez, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Thelma Ritter, Toni Cantó

The story

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.

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