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All About My Mother (1999)

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All About My Mother (1999)

Overview

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Christianity: Positive

Viewer Rating
8.5

Overview

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive values by celebrating diverse identities, particularly transgender identity, and challenging traditional family structures through the concept of 'found family' and female solidarity, advocating for radical empathy and acceptance of marginalized individuals.

The movie showcases significant diversity in its character representation, prominently featuring transgender and lesbian individuals. Its narrative actively explores and celebrates non-traditional family structures and identities, often presenting a critical perspective on conventional gender roles and male figures.

Secondary

All About My Mother features multiple central LGBTQ+ characters, including transgender women and lesbian women, who are portrayed with profound dignity, complexity, and agency. Despite tragic events, the film consistently maintains an empathetic stance, celebrating resilience, love, and the formation of unconventional, supportive families, resulting in a deeply affirming net impact.

The film "All About My Mother" portrays transsexual characters with significant depth and empathy. Agrado is a resilient and dignified figure, while Lola is a complex, flawed individual whose identity is explored without judgment. The narrative affirms the worth and humanity of these characters, integrating their stories into a broader exploration of love, loss, and chosen family.

The film portrays Sister Rosa, a nun, with profound empathy and respect, highlighting her immense compassion and self-sacrifice for others, even as she faces personal struggles and judgment. While acknowledging the complexities and occasional hypocrisy within religious institutions or adherents, the narrative ultimately affirms the virtues and dignity found in her faith-driven actions.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

All About My Mother is an original screenplay by Pedro Almodóvar. All characters were created specifically for this film, thus there are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been swapped.

All About My Mother is an original screenplay by Pedro Almodóvar, not an adaptation of existing source material or a depiction of historical figures. Therefore, there are no pre-established character races to compare against the film's portrayals.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.8
The Movie Database logo
7.6

Critic Ratings

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9.8
Metacritic logo
8.7

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