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All About My Mother
Why this pick
Almodóvar’s earlier melodrama shares Volver’s vivid female-centred world, candid humour, grief, and compassionate emotional intensity.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and Sole (Lola Dueñas) are sisters who grew up in Alcanfor de las Infantas, a small village in La Mancha, but now both live in Madrid. Their parents had died in a fire three years before.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Penélope Cruz
Raimunda
Carmen Maura
Abuela Irene
Lola Dueñas
Sole
Blanca Portillo
Agustina
Yohana Cobo
Paula
Chus Lampreave
Tía Paula
Antonio de la Torre
Paco
Carlos Blanco
Emilio