All About My Mother (1999) ★★★★☆

Todo sobre mi madre (original title)
👍 IMDb 7.8/10 (88k)
🍊 Rotten Tomatoes 98%
🎦 Metacritic 87
15 | 1h 41min | Drama | Spain
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Penelope Cruz

Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.

Heart-rending.