Spain / France,
1999, 101 min
(Alternative: 97 min)
Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
Affonso BeatoComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Carmen Balagué, Pedro Almodóvar, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo (more)Plots(1)
Single mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) takes her seventeen-year-old son, Esteban, to see a stage performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' as a birthday treat. Tragically, Esteban is killed when he chases after a taxi carrying his favourite actress, Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes). Consumed with guilt, Manuela decides to go in search of Esteban's father, whose identity she never revealed to her son. She finds out that he has had a sex change and is now called Lola the Pioneer, and along the way meets various characters, including transvestite La Agrado (Antonia San Juan) and AIDS-infected nun Sister Rosa (Penelope Cruz), who help her with a painful journey of self-discovery. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Language Film)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2000 - Best Film not in the English Language
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 1999 - Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language
European Film Awards
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Film)
- 1999 - Cecilia Roth (Best Actress)
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (People's Choice Award Best Director)
César Awards
- 2000 - Best Foreign Film
Goya Awards
- 2000 - Best Film
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2000 - Cecilia Roth (Best Actress)
- 2000 - José Salcedo (Best Editing)
- 2000 - Diego Garrido, José Antonio Bermúdez, Miguel Rejas (Best Sound)
- 2000 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2000 - Best Production Supervision
- 2000 - Candela Peña (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2000 - Antonia San Juan (Best New Actress)
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2000 - Affonso Beato (Best Cinematography)
- 2000 - Antxón Gómez (Best Art Direction)
- 2000 - Bina Daigeler, José María de Cossío (Best Costume Design)
- 2000 - Best Make Up
German Film Awards
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Film)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Non-American Film)
Guldbagge Awards
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Film)
Golden Globes
- 2000 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2000 - Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign-Language Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1999 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 1999 - Pedro Almodóvar (FIPRESCI Film of the Year)