"All About My Mother": A woman's world without a man is strong

Manuela, a single mother who is close to her son, watched a movie with him on his birthday. After the movie, his son chased the actress's car in the rain to ask for an autograph, and was accidentally hit by a car while crossing the road die. A grief-stricken mother packs her son's few belongings, quits her job as a nurse, and heads to Barcelona to find a father her son has never met. On the way, she met her best friend who had lost contact for many years, and met a young female social worker in the hospital. The female social worker told her that her husband had left here not long ago. Unfortunately, the female social worker was pregnant with her husband's child and contracted AIDS. The female social worker prepares to temporarily give birth at Manuela's house so as not to be bothered by her mean mother. By chance, Manuela met an actress whom her son admired, and she also became an assistant to the actress, working for her for a short time. In order to take care of the female social worker at home, Manuela introduced her best friend to an actress to replace her. As a result, a group of women with different personalities interprets a unique female story. In the end, at the funeral of the female social worker, Manuela met her husband who was a transsexual, who was holding her son's diary with tears on her face and carefully observed it. Later, Manuela took the child born by the female social worker and embarked on a long journey again, starting another new life journey.

The film is directed by the Spanish ghost director Pedro Almodovar. Although the whole film is centered on the topic of middle-aged women, it still takes no time to come up with a little erotic joke. Argentine actress Selia Love starred in the starring role, and has a high reputation in the Spanish performing arts circle. She is currently the dean of the Spanish Film Academy, Marisa Peredes. Although there are not many roles, her superb acting skills are very high. Convincing. In addition, there is a relatively young actress Penelope Cruz appeared, playing the role of AIDS. Once the film was released, it was sought after by major awards, such as Oscars, Cannes, and various European awards, until Almodóvar's directorial career ushered in a small career peak again.

Started with women's films, and then became famous with women's films, a male director who excluded men in his films, and even decorated men as dementia and the incarnation of the devil, won many honors for himself with his unique preference. The portrayal of female characters is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and the life experience is familiar, which makes a large number of female directors ashamed, and I don't know if this is a blessing or a misfortune. But our mainland directors can learn a lot from Almodovar. It is not necessary to learn from him to make female films, but the spirit of specializing in one type of film is worth learning and learning. Children's films, historical films, literary films, family films, gender films, martial arts films, social films, youth films, inspirational films, etc., just pick any genre that interests you and make ten films one after another. It's hard to become famous. It's a pity that we haven't seen such a tenacious director yet. More directors are following trends, Lunar New Year film directors, implanted advertising directors, and a clear group of directors who are chasing fame and fortune. Masters appear in such groups. A level director is indeed a tough thing to do. In fact, what we, as the audience, are waiting for is the director who made the film for himself.

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