All About My Mother(1999)
Uplifting tale of Manuela, a mother who decides to relocate to Barcelona after her son's sudden death.
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most distinctive filmmakers working today. Many of his films are lavish, colourful representations of femininity, gay identity and gender fluidity. This film is arguably his masterpiece, an unashamedly melodramatic, profoundly moving depiction of grief and those on the margins of mainstream society.
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