Story about Todo sobre mi madre / All About My Mother / 关于我母亲的一切 / 论尽我阿妈 / 我的母亲
Young Esteban want to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully con...
Young Esteban want to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by the mother Manuela.
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he run to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a tranvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. Firt she finds her friend, Agrado, a wild yet caring tranvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, but intead finds out she is pregnant by Lola. Manuela becomes the peronal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired, by helping Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover. However, Agrado soon takes over when Manuela must care for Hermana Rosa's risky pregnancy. With echos of Lorca, "All About Eve," and "Streetcar Named Desire," the mother (and father and actor) live out grief, love, and friendship.