The film tells the story of Manuela, after her son died in a car accident, she was so grieved that she chose to return to Barcelona, where she had been away for 18 years, to fulfill her son's last wish, find her son's father Lola and tell her the truth. In Barcelona, Manuela meets Agrado, a transgender prostitute who is about to retire, actress Hong Yan, who is one of the reasons for her son's car accident, and her partner, Lola, a transgender, and Rosa, Lola's lover, the nun. A non-mainstream female group, Manuela finally chose to take care of Rosa and her children who were suffering from AIDS, and started her new life.
mother in red
Almost all the characters in this movie are women or people with the appearance of women. Without exception, they all wear red clothes. The picture of Manuela wearing a red coat and standing in front of a red smoke poster with red lips, The saturated colors are impressive. Even Lola was wearing red clothes when she was holding the baby at the end, and even the hand-painted woman in the poster was also wearing red clothes. One identity that women cannot do without is mother, but the motherhood in the movie is not like Mother Earth: those who have the spirit of dedication and selfless hard work are strong and tenacious, who control their own lives independently. Women should look like this, and most of the women in the movie are like this. They overlap the role of mothers in a sense, and they all wear bright red clothes more or less. This is the director's little habit. Also very interesting.
The various colors and color blocks in the movie are really great for color lovers!
All kinds of women and people who have the appearance of women, the power and tenderness unique to the unchanging women
The women in the film all have tragic experiences. Manuela's husband became a scumbag and lost her when his son was in his youth; Sister Rosa had a bad relationship with her parents, but she had a firm belief, but she met Lola, who was infected with AIDS, became pregnant with his child, and died in childbirth. Agrado spent countless money for sex change, was beaten as a prostitute, and the money was swept away by his friend Lola; Hongyan was the shining heroine on the stage, but fell in love with or even fell in love with a drug-addicted woman, and his life was chaotic unbearable. Everyone's story is a tragic female story, which can earn a lot of tears, the kind that can be made into a movie if it is picked out alone. Although they are all vulgar episodes of the various hardships women encounter, they do not have the usual stereotypes. Manuela did not grieve to the point of falling down and finally met a man to save her, but had a gentle and strong heart to help. Other people, it is a very powerful ability to be willing to be friends with. After seeing his child's heart beating safely on others, he resolutely went back to fulfill his son's last wish, and his gentle and strong character attracted many others, conquered Hongyan and became a good friend, found a job for Agrado, and took care of him. Rosa and his children... Agrado, who lived in the rubbish heap, didn't just find a scumbag to live his life casually. Instead, he was sober in the world and used his life's ability to please others in the right way. where you want to live the life you want. Rosa didn't feel sorry for herself. It was her responsibility to find a scumbag. Instead, she found a way to find a friend to help her and give birth to a child... Every woman in the movie has a different status, but they all have a strong and powerful personality. A gentle heart, in control of her own life, breaks the stereotype of women.
What impressed me the most was that a man came to tease Agrado backstage at the theater. In an emergency, Hongyan couldn't make it to the stage, and the show was about to be canceled. Agrado was very worried, and the man beside him was still thinking of having an affair with Agrado. Order something, Agrado sighed silently. This plot really makes people sigh: Oh, man. And Agrado, who has been a man, can understand the man's appearance better, and he can't help sighing!
The title of the movie is All About My Mother, and there are different opinions on who I refer to, but I think this one refers to all the audience, everyone. Everyone's mother, no matter what her personality is, at some point they have this powerful tenderness, which seems to be a female's own attribute. In the face of suffering, there will always be various ways to survive it.
comfortable female relationship
The most impressive scene in the movie is that four people who are not very familiar are sitting in a cozy little house chatting and drinking, talking about various topics and laughing. This scene really pokes me and makes me feel very comfortable. They have their own hardships, and they don't know what kind of hardships they endure each other, but they can laugh and comfort each other when they face each other, which is very comfortable.
The whole movie smashes stereotypes and prejudices
In the movie, single mothers, transgender people, congruent prostitutes, pregnant nuns, lesbians, these groups of people who are discriminated against, excluded, and accused of by mainstream society, exist very naturally, as if they exist for granted. to destroy those prejudices and stereotypes. From another point of view, prejudiced audiences may be touched and give up their prejudices after watching this movie, and may also curse; ordinary people who do not think about these or those whose worldview is under construction will see this movie more easily. these marginalized groups. That's probably what a good movie is all about!
Finally, I quote a comment from Mr. Dai Jinhua to end:
"A kind of smiling, laughing, joyfully ignoring, rather than provoking, the rules of mainstream society, using a playful, vulgar, dramatic, impossible melodrama to accomplish an avant-garde , radical and original means of artistic and social expression.”
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