Manuela, a nurse and single mother in her late thirties must come to terms with the tragic loss of her only son, Esteban, when he is struck by a car. She never told Esteban who he was, "your father died long before you were born" was all she ever told him. In memory of her son--who's his father's namesake--Manuela leaves Madrid and goes to Barcelona in search of Esteban's father. However, the man that she left behind, eighteen years ago when she was pregnant, is now a transvestite named Lola. The search for a man with that name cannot be simple. And indeed it isn't.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 1h 41m
RELEASE DATE: November 19, 1999
STARRING: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan, Penelope Cruz
DIRECTOR(S): Pedro Almodovar
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WRITER(S): Pedro Almodovar
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Classics