Cast: Cecilia Roth (as Manuela Coleman Echevarrнa), Marisa Paredes (as Huma Rojo), Candela Peсa (as Nina Cruz), Antonia San Juan (as Agrado), Penйlope Cruz (as Sister Marнa Rosa Sanz), Rosa Maria Sardа (as Rosa's Mother (as Rosa Marнa Sardб)), Fernando Fernбn Gуmez (as Rosa's Father), Fernando Guillйn (as Doctor in 'Streetcar Named Desire'), Toni Cantу (as Lola), Eloy Azorнn (as Esteban Coleman Echevarrнa), Carlos Lozano (as Mario), Manuel Morуn (as Doctor 1), Josй Luis Torrijo (as Doctor 2), Juan Josй Otegui (as Ginecуlogo), Carmen Balaguй
In Theaters:
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired. She helps Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover, and she becomes Rosa's caretaker during a dicey pregnancy. With echoes of Lorca, "All About Eve," and "Streetcar Named Desire," the mothers (and fathers and actors) live out grief, love, and friendship.
