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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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The Oscar-winning melodrama provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy₂s long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun; an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker
Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
Special features: making-of documentary from 2012 (52 min.) featuring interviews with cast and crew ; 1999 television program featuring the director, his mother, cast and crew ; 2019 post-screening Q&A from Madrid (48 min.) ; essay by scholar Emma Wilson
Penelope Cruz, Marisa Paredes, Cecilia Roth, Antonia San Juan
Rating: R
Blu-ray; Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; requires Blu-ray player; 5.1 surround
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles