Alles über meine Mutter (1999)
5KAlles über meine Mutter: Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. With Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan. Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
“At last, an Almodovar Masterpiece! Now we have the final proof and can say without any doubt: Spain has a new true genius. From MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS, Almodovar had shown that in his mind rounded an ace, and now several years after and with an irregular filmography, brings us his perfect masterpiece: TODO SOBRE MI MADRE, a homage to all women beginning with Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands, Romy Schneider and ending with his own mother.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHere we see not just a delicious plot, perfectly narrated, but a camera that fixes everything as if it was the last time, our last chance to watch the indescribable feminine nature in a whole panorama where tenderness and courage rule life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA puzzle of transitions, a delicate picture of characters and, as ever, a set design that remarks each scene with a touch of simplicity and sophistication. Cecilia Roth is great, superb, unforgettable but sheu0026#39;s not alone: Penelope Cruz, beautiful, vulnerable as a `roseu0026#39;; Marisa Paredes, an actress in her perfect role, without forget to Antonia San Juan, `La Agradou0026#39; and Mr. Fernando Fernan Gomez.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePlease, donu0026#39;t wait until someone tells you more about a film that puts melodrama, drama, comedy and how not: tragedy, in a eternal stream of harmony. Itu0026#39;s a pity: cinema is more pretty than life.”
