スペイン映画オールアバウトマイマザー（all about my mother)

Spanish film All about my mother

Review: What I like most about Almodovar's films, this one in particular, is the way he will grab you and pull you into a world you would not normally know and then, confront you with people's lives, emotions, and relationships. The film is a deep drama, studying carefully the female universe with strength and realism, and also explaining the importance of a mother.Pedro Almodovar's moving and funny tribute to woman in a film that was universally acclaimed as the Best Foreign film of 1999! Manuela (Cecilia Roth) carefully hid the identity of her son's father, but when the boy is killed she searches for her former lover! This story is basically about the friendships she makes along the way.One interesting thing about this film is the concept of gender. Almodovar is a director who typically works with strong actresses and writes well for women, and this film, dedicated to actresses and mothers, is particularly interesting as an exploration of female relationships. In "An Intimate Conversation with Pedro Almodovar", a 24-minute dvd feature, he states that one of the ideas he wants to examine is the "natural solidarity(連帯、結束） of women" -- not your typical take on female relations, at least in the US. These are women who are lost or experiencing loss, and they bring strength to each other and build friendships even in their grief. There are few men in the film, and though they are pivotal(中枢） to the action they are only tangentially(脇にそれている）present -- one dies, two are transvestites（服装倒錯者） and one has advanced Alzheimer's.