Spain,
2006, 120 min
Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
José Luis AlcaineComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre, María Isabel Díaz Lago, Carlos Blanco (more)Plots(1)
Penélope Cruz plays a Madrid mother and housewife of a drunk husband. She and her hairdressing sister are orphans by dint of a house fire back home in rural LaMancha. When their sole surviving relative there - their mum's sister - passes on, her past habit of talking to the girls' mother as if she were still on the mortal plane takes on a new and chilling significance. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2007 - Penélope Cruz (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2007 - Penélope Cruz (Best Leading Actress)
- 2007 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2006 - Best Foreign Independent
European Film Awards
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2006 - Penélope Cruz (Best Actress)
- 2006 - José Luis Alcaine (Best Cinematographer)
- 2006 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Composer)
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Audience Award for Best Film)
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Film)
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Screenwriter)
César Awards
- 2007 - Best Foreign Film
Goya Awards
- 2007 - Best Film
- 2007 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2007 - Penélope Cruz (Best Actress)
- 2007 - Carmen Maura (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2007 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2007 - Blanca Portillo (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2007 - Lola Dueñas (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2007 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2007 - José Luis Alcaine (Best Cinematography)
- 2007 - Best Sound
- 2007 - Salvador Parra (Best Art Direction)
- 2007 - Bina Daigeler (Best Costume Design)
- 2007 - Best Make Up
- 2007 - Best Production Supervision
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2007 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Non-American Film)
Sun in a Net Awards
- 2008 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Film)
Polish Film Awards
- 2007 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best European Film)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Film)
Golden Globes
- 2007 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
- 2007 - Penélope Cruz (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2007 - Penélope Cruz (Best Actress)
- 2007 - Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2006 - Penélope Cruz (Best Actress)
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign-Language Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2006 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Screenplay)
- 2006 - Blanca Portillo, Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz, Yohana Cobo (Best Actress)
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2006 - Pedro Almodóvar (FIPRESCI Film of the Year)