All about my mother / El Deseo S.A. presenta una coproducción El Deseo S.A., Renn Productions, France 2 Cinema, con la participación de Via Digital ; un film de Almodóvar ; guión y dirección, Pedro Almodóvar.
In an instant, nurse Manuela 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; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681436838
- ISBN: 1681436833
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 72 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 12).
- Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
- Publisher: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) Special features: making-of documentary from 2012 (52 min.) featuring interviews with cast and crew ; 1999 television program featuring the director, his mother, cast and crew ; 2019 post-screening Q&A from Madrid (48 min.) ; essay by scholar Emma Wilson. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Penelope Cruz, Marisa Paredes, Cecilia Roth, Antonia San Juan. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: R. |
System Details Note: | DVD; Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; 5.1 surround. |
Language Note: | Spanish dialogue; English subtitles. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from disc surface. |
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Subject: | Single mothers > Drama. Mothers and sons > Fiction. Madres solteras > Teatro. Madre e hijo > Teatro. |
Genre: | Feature films. Fiction films. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Allentown Public Library System. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | DVD ALL (Text) | 34455006725564 | Adult DVD Fiction | Available | - |