All About My Mother
Film1999101 min

All About My Mother

Taste attributes: comedydramasimpleenclosedcomplex relationshipself destruction/implosionunlikely connections

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"Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman."

Boxlist takeA comedy-drama that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.

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Taste Attributes

complex relationshipself destruction/implosionunlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Cecilia RothMarisa ParedesPenélope CruzCandela PeñaAntonia San Juan

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1999
Runtime
101 min
Status
Released
Studio
Renn Productions
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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