Viva Pedro - The Almodovar CollectionStars: Fele Martinez, Pen?lope Cruz; Release Date: January 30, 2007 |
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Viva Pedro - The Almodovar Collection - ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER: Cecilia Roth stars in this celebrated film from Spanish director Pedro Almod?var. Distraught over the death of her teenage son, Manuela drives to Barcelona to find the boy's father, an itinerant transsexual named Lola (Toni Canto). While combing the city's less reputable districts, she also meets up with Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a sassy transvestite prostitute, and Rosa (Pen?lope Cruz), a pregnant nun on her way to El Salvador. She also becomes the manager for Huma (Marisa Paredes), the actress her son idolized, and helps her through a run of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Together these great ladies bond through various heartrending crises, enduring the pain and celebrating the beauty of being women (or almost women). Considered to be one of Almod?var's most fully realized works, this charming and unique film blends his earlier gender-bending irreverence with the mature grace and compassion of his later work, striking a perfect note of humor and pathos. BAD EDUCATION: In thi... Product rating: 
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| Key Information | |
| Stars | Pen?lope Cruz |
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| Actors | Marisa Paredes |
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| Genre | Dramas |
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| Subgenre | Drama • Drama (Genera |
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| MPAA Rating | Unrated |
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| Available Formats | DVD: 9-Disc Set |
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| UPC | 043396143647 |
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| Original Language | English |
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| DVD Editions | DVD: 9-Disc SetSony Pictures Home EntertainmentJanuary 30, 2007Unrated043396143647 |
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| Professional Reviews | (01/01/2007, p.100, Stephen Farber): "[The films] constitute a kind of hall of mirrors, in which 1950's-style plot-twisting comedy reflects on the modern age's confused sexual identities, and vice versa." |
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