All About My Mother is one of the most famous films from the director Pedro Almodóvar and this film premiered on April 8, 1999 in Spain. Its unique film perspective, abundant colour applications and distinctive characters all help it won a great number of awards especially the Oscar for Best Foreign language Film and the Canners prize for Best Director. Meanwhile, All About My Mother could also be considered as a successful realistic feminist film, Almodóvar seen the feminine psychology as the main elements in the shot and used abundant setting design and costume to build a rich inner world for the female characters. The setting and costume often shown in higher saturation colours …show more content…
A typical setting could fully embody the activity spaces of the main characters, as well as reflect the unique historical scenes and social environment. In All about my mother, audiences could find that a great number of settings and scenes are full of Spanish style such as the appearance of Barcelona Cathedral, the colourful paintings and the family decoration in Mosaic style. In addition, the application of the red colour also becomes the highlight in this film. Just like “enthusiasm” is the symbol of Spain, there are a lot of red clothes, furniture and buildings which are placed in the film setting. These designs can great express the director had a deep mining of the Spanish national traditions, and help audiences have a better understanding of the life background of the …show more content…
Although there are many plots mentioned the abundant personalities of Lola, this is the first time when she appeared, on Rosa’s funeral. The image of she is tall, enchanting and mystery, when she dresses in black and stands at the top of the stairs. As a transsexual, an absent person, a hunter and even the dying, the black costume for Lola can be the most suitable colour to explain his image and personalities. The colour of black is on behalf of the hated and disappointment, just like Manuela uses some malicious talk and cry to her. However, combining the setting in this scene, we could notice that the appearance of Lola has happened on a sunny day, with the beautiful scenery of the sea and the white graveyard, as well as some white crosses in there. This setting may provide a more or less a deep meaning background around the characters. Many of them have a connotative meaning of forgiveness, which make a prediction that Manuela will finally forgive her son’s father, her previous husband. During this plots, audiences will be leave another impression on Manuela, whose personalities also includes the kindness and tolerance through the application of the setting and costumes.
What’s more, the setting of every scene of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ in this film also makes a great contribution