Where was All About My Mother filmed?
1999 film, directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
- Barcelona
The story is set in Barcelona, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Barcelona; Madrid
- Filmed in
- Barcelona
- Distance
- About 314 miles (506 km) between Madrid and the nearest filming location.
About All About My Mother
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- Released
- 1999
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast
- Penélope CruzCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaAntonia San JuanRosa Maria SardàFernando Fernán GómezCayetana Guillén CuervoEloy AzorínFernando Guillén Cuervo
- Genre
- Comedy DramaTransgender
- Awards
- César Award for Best Foreign Film; Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; European Film Award for Best Film; European Film Award for Best Actress and 2 more
The story
Manuela is an Argentine nurse who supervises donor organ transplants at Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid.
Manuela allows her son's heart to be transplanted to a man in A Coruña.
Manuela's life becomes entwined with theirs as she cares for Rosa during her pregnancy, works as Huma's personal assistant, and takes the stage as an understudy for Nina during one of her drug abuse crises.
Famous lines from All About My Mother
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
But can you act?Huma
Do you have any alcohol?Manuela
I meant for disinfecting.Manuela
No, I drank it all last night.Agrado
Women are more tolerant, but that's good.Rosa
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