My Mother Likes Women
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A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (English
: My Mother Likes Women) is a Spanish
2002
comedy film
directed by Inés París and Daniela Fejerman
. The theme song of the same title was done by Andy Chango and Ariel Rot
, a video of which appears on the DVD release of the film.
), an attractive but insecure twenty something, joins her sisters Jimena (María Pujalte
) and Sol (Silvia Abascal
) at their mother's house. As they prepare to celebrate their mother Sofía's birthday, their mother (Sardá
)—a
divorced concert pianist—announces that she's fallen in love, but is interrupted by the doorbell as she describes her new partner. While she goes to get the door, the three sisters gleefully speculate about her new boyfriend. Their joy suddenly gives way to shock though when their mother
returns with Eliska (Sirova), and they realize that their mother is a lesbian.
The girls handle the shock in different ways. Elvira confides in her shrink Mazo while Sol composes a song about her mother and her lesbian relationship for her band. While Jimena herself doesn't act out in the same way, her husband is concerned about how his mother-in-law's sexuality affects his image at work. When the girls find out that their mother has given the much younger Eliska a significant amount of money, they become suspicious of Eliska and plot to find a way to get their mother to break up with her.
English language
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: My Mother Likes Women) is a Spanish
Spain
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2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Inés París and Daniela Fejerman
Daniela Fejerman
Daniela Fejerman is an Argentine director and film writer and a licensed psychologist. Her brother is Argentine musician Andy Chango. Her sister is Laura Fejerman. She has worked together with Inés París for 13 years.-Filmography:...
. The theme song of the same title was done by Andy Chango and Ariel Rot
Ariel Rot
Ariel Rot is an Argentine musician.He went to Spain when he was young and became a member of the group Tequila. Later he started a musical career alone, after which he became a member of the group Los Rodríguez .More recently he has returned to solo performing...
, a video of which appears on the DVD release of the film.
Cast
- Leonor WatlingLeonor WatlingLeonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she...
as Elvira - Rosa María SardáRosa Maria SardàRosa María Sardà is a Spanish actress and comedian.She has played roles in Spanish and Catalan. She was married to the comedian Josep Maria Mainat , and she's Xavier Sardà's elder sister...
as Sofía - María PujalteMaría PujalteMaría Pujalte is a Spanish actress.She studied singing, drama and self-expression through movement in Santiago de Compostela and at the Scuola Internazionale dell'Attore Comico from Reggio Emilia with a scholarship of the Deputation of Corunna.She has been a member of Centro Dramático Galego and...
as Jimena - Silvia AbascalSilvia AbascalSilvia Abascal Estrada, is a Spanish actress.Her first chance came in 1992 in Chicho Ibáñez Serrador's TV program Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. She became popular thanks to the sitcom Pepa y Pepe in 1994...
as Sol - Eliska Sirova as Eliska
- Chisco Amado as Miguel
- Álex Angulo as the book editor
- Aitor Mazo as psychiatrist
- Xabier ElorriagaXabier ElorriagaXabier Elorriaga is a contemporary Venezuelan film and TV actor, writer and director.- Biography :...
as Carlos
Synopsis
Elvira (WatlingLeonor Watling
Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she...
), an attractive but insecure twenty something, joins her sisters Jimena (María Pujalte
María Pujalte
María Pujalte is a Spanish actress.She studied singing, drama and self-expression through movement in Santiago de Compostela and at the Scuola Internazionale dell'Attore Comico from Reggio Emilia with a scholarship of the Deputation of Corunna.She has been a member of Centro Dramático Galego and...
) and Sol (Silvia Abascal
Silvia Abascal
Silvia Abascal Estrada, is a Spanish actress.Her first chance came in 1992 in Chicho Ibáñez Serrador's TV program Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. She became popular thanks to the sitcom Pepa y Pepe in 1994...
) at their mother's house. As they prepare to celebrate their mother Sofía's birthday, their mother (Sardá
Rosa Maria Sardà
Rosa María Sardà is a Spanish actress and comedian.She has played roles in Spanish and Catalan. She was married to the comedian Josep Maria Mainat , and she's Xavier Sardà's elder sister...
)—a
divorced concert pianist—announces that she's fallen in love, but is interrupted by the doorbell as she describes her new partner. While she goes to get the door, the three sisters gleefully speculate about her new boyfriend. Their joy suddenly gives way to shock though when their mother
returns with Eliska (Sirova), and they realize that their mother is a lesbian.
The girls handle the shock in different ways. Elvira confides in her shrink Mazo while Sol composes a song about her mother and her lesbian relationship for her band. While Jimena herself doesn't act out in the same way, her husband is concerned about how his mother-in-law's sexuality affects his image at work. When the girls find out that their mother has given the much younger Eliska a significant amount of money, they become suspicious of Eliska and plot to find a way to get their mother to break up with her.