Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother Sunday Schmooze

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, Jan 12, 2020 10:00 AM

Description

SUNDAY SCHMOOZE Hosted by Fred Craden

Pedro Almodóvar’s

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER

(Todo Sobre Mi Madre)

Sponsored by Stu & Ginger Polisner

Sunday, January 12th Bagels at 10 AM film at 11
$12 Members | $17 Public

Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Among the most perfect creations in the Almodóvar canon, All About My Mother conjures a rich, kaleidoscopic universe of unforgettable women. Brimming with references to classic melodramas like All About Eve and A Streetcar Named Desire, it follows the sojourn of nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) who, following the tragic death of her teenage son, travels from Madrid to Barcelona, where she joins a community of dispossessed women, including a troubled actress (Marisa Paredes), an outspoken prostitute (Antonia San Juan), and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penélope Cruz). Dedicated in part “to all women who act… to all the people who want to be mothers,” this freewheeling fantasia is a generous, openhearted tribute to female friendship and resilience. (Spain, 1999, 101 Mins., R, Spanish with English Subtitles | Dir. Pedro Almodóvar)