Release Date: 7/11/2000 Original Release: 1999 Format: DVD Length: 102 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: Sexuality, Strong Sexual Dialogue, Language, Drug Content UPC: 043396047198 Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainm
Cecilia Roth stars in this celebrated film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. 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 (Penélope 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 Almodóvar'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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Single Side - Single Layer Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Letterbox - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Featurette: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH PEDRO ALMODOVAR Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Isolated Audio Track: Score Text/Photo Galleries: Production Notes Biographies: Cast & Crew
Cecilia Roth (Manuela) gives an absolutely stirring performance as a mother who lost the pride of her life and went on a search for his father, who is now a transvestite in Barcelona. Pedro... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on December 14, 2006
Reviewed by: Jesse
When this movie opened, I knew right away it was going to be a smash hit. The first 20 minutes of screentime were absolutely amazing and the rest of the film wasn't any less superb. Celia Roth gave... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on September 9, 2007
Posted on December 14, 2006
