Motherly review
By Jose Corado
Daily Forty-Niner
Winner of the Best Director award at this
year's Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodovar, comes through in his latest
work with a moving flick.
"All About My Mother" is a Spanish-language
film that delves into the universe of issues affecting women through the
tragic, yet funny story of a mother coming to terms with her past.
Sixteen-year-old Esteban lives with his
mother in Madrid.
In a notebook he keeps with him, he writes
a story about his mother, Manuela (Cecilia Roth).
On the day of his birthday, Esteban and
his mother go to see the play "A Streetcar Named Desire." When Esteban
runs after the car actress Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes) is departing in to
get an autograph, Esteban is killed by another car.
At the hospital, Manuela opens the notebook
to where Esteban wrote and finds he had written about wanting to meet his
father.
In memory of his son, Manuela leaves Madrid
for Barcelona in search of his father to reveal that after abandoning him
18 years ago, she had his son who has just died.
She must also tell the father that she
named his son Esteban, like his biological father, before he turns transvestite
and changes his name to Lola.
In the search for Lola, Manuela comes across
Agrado, a friend from the past who is now a transvestite prostitute.
Manuela lets her friend know that she is
looking for Esteban's father because she needs to talk to him.
Manuela decides to take care of Sister
Rosa, a nun in crises who was the last person to see Lola.
Rosa became pregnant by Lola and was infected
with HIV.
"All About My Mother" is presented in a
two-mood mode -- tragic and comic.
It will touch audiences and make them laugh. |
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