All About My Mother

Pedro Almodóvar's BITTER CHRISTMAS opens at The Ross on November 27 and we're celebrating the Spanish auteur's singular filmography with special screenings of THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Nov 22), ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Nov 23), VOLVER (Nov 24), and WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Nov 25). All screenings begin at 7:15pm. Tickets: $10 GENERAL ADMISSION | $5 MEMBERS & UNL STUDENTS.

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999) | This Oscar-winning melodrama, one of Pedro Almodóvar's most beloved films, provides a dizzying, moving exploration of the meaning of motherhood. In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy's 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 (Penélope Cruz); an illustrious star of the stage (Marisa Paredes); and a transgender sex worker (Antonia San Juan). Beautifully performed and bursting with cinematic references, All About My Mother is a vibrant tribute to female fortitude, a one-of-a-kind family portrait, and a work of boundless compassion.