| Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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5.1 surround rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
Blu-ray; Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; requires Blu-ray player; 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Title from container. |
| Cast |
Penelope Cruz, Marisa Paredes, Cecilia Roth, Antonia San Juan. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Single mothers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and sons -- Fiction -- Videodiscs.
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Spanish language materials. |
| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Spanish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Almodóvar, Pedro, film director.
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Paredes, Marisa, 1946- actor.
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Cruz, Penélope, actor.
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Roth, Cecilia, 1958- actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681436821 |
| Standard No. |
715515240611 |
| Music No. |
CC3110BD The Criterion Collection |
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