All About My Mother--Almodovar's Hymn to Women

Aletha 2022-08-04 09:54:53

Rosa, Ayue, and the heroine, with three completely different personalities, are all hurt by the same "male". Compared with the constant forgiveness of the three women, the male causes a lot of harm. Combined with Almodóvar's childhood injuries by men, the tribute to the power of women's love and the noble heart seems to show that the love brought by women is the only solution to the dilemma of human nature. With Wilder's wit, Buuel's surreal humanity, and Hitchcock's MacGuffin, A has given the most successful rendering of a woman's courage to face life.

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All About My Mother quotes

  • Manuela: Don't I look a bit of a slut in this suit?

    Agrado: All the better. These nuns only help whores and transvestites.

  • Agrado: I feel so old, Manolita, and it isn't my age.

    Manuela: It's because of the beating.

    Agrado: The beating I've taken the last 40 years!