All About My Mother (Criterion Collection)

When her teenage son is run over and killed, a Madrid nurse (Cecilia Roth) sets out to fulfill the boy's wish to find the father he never knew. Her quest to locate the father-who's now living as a transvestite prostitute in Barcelona-brings her into the lives of a variety of fellow "lost souls," from an old friend and transsexual hooker to a pregnant nun. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Academy Award, Pedro Almodóvar's "screwball drama" also stars Penélope Cruz, Antonia San Juan. 101 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Spanish DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles: English; "making of" documentary; featurettes. In Spanish with English subtitles.