 All About My Mother 1999  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Eloy Azorin, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan, Rosa Maria Sarda, Toni Canto, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Cayetana Guillan Cuervo, Juan Jose Otegui, Carlos Lozano, Fernando Guillen, Manuel Moron, Jose Luis Torrijo
Seventeen-year-old Esteban (Eloy Azorin) has been keeping a journal he calls "All About My Mother." One evening, Esteban and his mother, Manuela (Cecilia Roth), attend a play, and moments after the play's end Esteban is killed by a car while he chases down the star for her autograph. The tragedy sets in motion Manuela's search for Esteban's father. The quest includes entering the worlds of a pregnant nun, lesbians, and transsexuals. But each character gives Manuela a sense of purpose in the healing process following her son's death. An Academy Award was received for Best Foreign Film.
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 The Grandfather 1998  PG, 147 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Luis Garci
Cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillan Cuervo, Agustin Gonzalez, Cristina Cruz, Alicia Rozas, Fernando Guillen, Francisco Piquer, Naria Massip, Jose Caride
Following notification of his son's death, an aging Rodrigo de Arista (Fernando Fernan Gomez) returns to Spain where he greets his two granddaughters, Doli (Cristina Cruz) and Neli (Alicia Rozas). Because he knows his daughter-in-law, Lucrecia (Cayetana Guillen Cuervo), cheated on her husband, Rodrigo believes one of the children is not his blood relation. Rodrigo is in a position to search for the truth and reveal a possible family secret–but, will he? .
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 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988  R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, Maria Barranco, Kiti Manver, Guillermo Montesinos, Chus Lampreave, Yayo Calvo, Loles Leon, Angel de Andres Lopez, Fernando Guillen, Juan Lombardero, Jose Antonio Navarro, Ana Leza
Actress Pepa Marcos (Carmen Maura) gets dumped by her lover, but that's only the beginning of her story. When her ex-lover's son, Carlos (Antonio Banderas), arrives at Pepa's apartment, she takes him in along with his wife. Carlos proceeds to have an affair with Pepa's good friend, Candela (Maria Barranco), who Pepa has also taken under her wing because she is a fugitive from justice. When they talk to a lawyer, she just happens to be the new lover of Pepa's ex-lover. And the plot keeps twisting and turning.
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| 1. All About My Mother (1999)
2. The Grandfather (1998)
3. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
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