Todo Sobre Mi Madre (aka All About My Mother) (1999)

After her son (Eloy Azorin) is killed in a car accident, a woman (Cecilia Roth) goes on a mission to seek out her son's father (Davis Lopes) but her life takes an unexpected turn when she encounters an HIV pregnant nun (Penelope Cruz). Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar (VOLVER). An international success and the recipient of an Oscar and BAFTA award as well as best director award at the Cannes film festival. The film is a homage to Tennessee Williams and John Cassavetes' OPENING NIGHT as well as to directors Douglas Sirk and George Cukor. In what could have been in lesser hands a tearjerker of a soap opera, Almodovar provides a sensitivity and empathy for its eccentric characters that belies their screwball lives. Touching on motherhood, gender identity and homosexuality among other things, Almodovar has made what many consider his best film. With Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan and Rosa Maria Sarda.