Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Cast
Cecilia Roth
Manuela
Marisa Paredes
Huma
Candela Peña
Nina
Antonia San Juan
Agrado
Penélope Cruz
Rosa
Rosa María Sardà
Rosa's Mother
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Rosa's Father
Fernando Guillén
Actor "Doctor"
Toni Cantó
Lola
Eloy Azorín
Esteban
Carlos Lozano
Mario
Manuel Morón
Doctor 1
José Luis Torrijo
Doctor 2
Juan José Otegui
Gynecologist
Carmen Balagué
Unknown
Malena Gutiérrez
Malena
Yael Barnatán
Yael
Carme Fortuny
Carmen
Patxi Freytez
Pharmacist
Juan Marquez
Unknown
Michel Ruben
Alex
Daniel Lanchas
Unknown
Rosa Manaut
Unknown
Carlos García Cambero
Heart Recipient
Agustín Almodóvar
Taxi Driver
Paz Sufrategui
Heart Recipient's Wife
Lola García
Unknown
Esther García
Unknown
Inma Subirà
Unknown
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Mamen (uncredited)
Alexia Pardo
Agrado's Friend (uncredited)
Lluís Pasqual
(uncredited)
Fito Páez
Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
Pedro Almodóvar
Director, Screenplay
José Salcedo
Editor
Manuel Laguna
Assistant Editor
Rosa Ortiz
Assistant Editor
Affonso Beato
Director of Photography
Lola García
Assistant Director
Agustín Almodóvar
Executive Producer
Michel Ruben
Associate Producer
Claude Berri
Co-Producer
Antxón Gómez
Production Design
José Ramón Delgado
First Assistant Camera
Sara Bilbatúa
Casting
Mamen Moya
Casting
Pilar Moya
Casting
Bina Daigeler
Costume Design
José María de Cossío
Costume Design
Jean-Jacques Puchu
Hairstylist
Juan Pedro Hernández
Makeup Artist
Jorge Hernández Lobo
Makeup Artist
Miguel Rejas
Sound Designer
José Antonio Bermúdez
Sound Designer
Diego Garrido
Sound Designer
Antonio Molina
Special Effects
Alberto Iglesias
Original Music Composer
Federico García Cambero
Set Decoration
Yuyi Beringola
Script Supervisor
Fernando Beltrán
Electrician
Ismael Martínez
Stunts
Enrique Bello
Gaffer
Pierre Edelman
Thanks
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
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