Vienna Cafe on Shaoxing Lu hosts its weekly film events every Thursday evening, bringing a variety of films from different languages and cultures to Shanghai.

On Thursday 28 January 2010, we are going to show Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 film Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother 1999).

The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film The Flower of My Secret which shows student doctors being trained in how to persuade grieving relatives to allow organs to be used for transplant, focusing on the mother of a teenager killed in a road accident. The screenplay deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Stars Starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz Candela Peña.

Spanish with English subtitles.

Time: 19:30 Thursday 28 Jan 2010.

Location: Vienna Cafe, 25-2 Shaoxing Lu, near Shanxi Nan Lu.

Free event.

RSVP by phone required: 021 644 52 131.