My Mother Likes Women

Starring:Leonor Watling, Rosa Maria SardÃ , MarÃa Pujalte, Silvia Abascal (II), Eliska SirovÃ¡, Chisco Amado, Xabier Elorriaga, Ãlex Angulo, Aitor Mazo, Sergio Otegui, Carla Calparsoro, Gabriel Garbisu, Ana Goya, Fernando Colomo
Director: InÃ©s ParÃs, Daniela Fejerman
Studio: Wolfe Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
MY MOTHER LIKES WOMEN (A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres) is a hilarious comedy about three sisters whose lives are thrown off-kilter by their mother's sudden sexual awakening.

Sofia, (Rosa Maria Sarda from All About My Mother), a renowned pianist, is long separated from the daughters' father. It is on the occasion of her birthday that she delivers a stunning announcement: she has fallen in love again.

Description

MY MOTHER LIKES WOMEN (A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres) is a hilarious comedy about three sisters whose lives are thrown off-kilter by their mother's sudden sexual awakening.

Customer Reviews:

Not Spanish Speaking.......2007-02-22

Had I known the movie was in Spanish with English subtitles, I would never have purchased this movie. I did not see any where this was how the movie was set up until after I opened it and in small print on the DVD is where it was. A total waste of money.

Suds, not soap; laughter, not lingerie........2006-04-18

My Mother Likes Women is well paced and doesn't waste any time getting through the plot. All scenes are well placed, all lines are tightly woven, and the plot is down right fun. This plot is about any relationship, gay or straight and doesn't preach any ideology or philosophy. It's about relationships between two adults, between fathers and daughters, between sisters, between mothers and daughters, and men and women, and women and women.

You will find yourself experiencing what the characters are experiencing and sometimes feeling sad and funny moment to moment. This is not `great literature translated to film', rather, this is a `good read translated to fun film'.

My Mother Like Women is not soft-porn or sexual in any way - it's entertainment. This film would entertain you and your date, a party of friends, or be a sweet watch on a rainy afternoon, with the smell of freshly popped popcorn wafting through the house carrying the sound of your laughter. Caution, there is some graphic language and swearing.

Enjoy seeing life without excuses.

"It was a test to gauge your sexual ambiguity.".......2006-03-23

In the Spanish comedy, "My Mother Likes Women", daughters Elvira (Leonor Watling), Gimena (Maria Pujalte), and Sol (Silvia Abascal) gather for their mother, Sofia's birthday. It's here that Sofia (Rosa Maria Sarda) announces there's a new person in her life, and everyone expects a man to appear. The three daughters are speechless when a much younger woman, the Czech Eliska (Eliska Sirova) arrives. Sofia is a famous pianist, and when she sits down to play the piano with Eliska, it's clear that both women have amazing talent and have a lot in common. The 3 daughters, however, don't share their mother's joy, and plot ways to sabotage Sofia's new romance.

"My Mother Likes Women" is primarily Elvira's story. After Sofia's revelation that she is involved in a lesbian affair, Elvira spins into an emotional crisis. Suddenly, the neurotic Elvira can't handle life, and Sofia's revelation causes Elvira to question her own sexuality. She's always had unsuccessful relationships with men, and she begins to wonder if there's an underlying reason for that. Ironically, just as Elvira begins to question her own sexual identity, writer, Miguel (Chisco Amado) enters her life.

Directed by Daniela Fejerman and Ines Paris, "My Mother Likes Women" starts off strongly, but loses its zest as it veers off into Elvira's story. The plot then veers back to the three sisters as they join forces against Eliska. With the exception of Elvira, all the film's characters are flat. The main character--Elvira--is annoying and abrasive, and this eradicates any shred of sympathy or interest in her dilemma. While occasionally funny, the film's attempts to create a sort of madcap zaniness fail, and instead it relies on cliches and corniness to carry off the story. And ultimately we're left with a tepid romance that attempts to handle mature issues with 'sweet themes' too fervently and preposterously unrealistic for its own good. In Spanish with English subtitles--displacedhuman

Terrible.......2005-12-16

The lesbians have absolutely no chemistry (although to be fair, despite the title, the movie is about middle daughter Elvira and her impending twentysomething crisis). The actions of the daughters in trying to break them up are actually quite vile, when you think about it, but are sugared with a Almodomar-esque brightness and sweetness. Conventional Hollywood ending. Just goes to show that, because of the slim offerings for lesbians in the cinema, sapphic moviegoers will praise movies that are actually somewhat insulting to them.

Cute, sassy, sexy, and witty!.......2005-11-18

This movie is great! It's a hilariously cute movie with a fun and talented
cast, a whitty script, and ultimately an adorable love story. A coming out
story with the most clever of twists, "My Mother Likes Women" ("A Mi Madre
Les Gusta Las Mujeres") is a lesbian romantic comedy classic that everyone
will adore.

Sophia is a divorced Spanish woman with three adoring, grown-up daughters.
And, as she announces during her quiet birthday celebration, she has
fallen in love. Immediately ecstatic for their mother, the three women are
stopped dead in their tracks when they discover just who their mother's
new love is -- a beautiful Czech woman closer to their age than their
mother's. The daughters' reactions are brilliantly realistic and all over
the map. Suddenly everything they thought they knew about relationships
and love is turned upside down, and everyone is sent into an uproariously
funny and tragic search for how to deal with love and desire.

Tongue-in-cheek humor throughout, this movie is absolutely a joy to watch.
If you know Spanish, it's an added bonus, but the English subtitles are
superb and easy to read. The characters are genuine, the European scenery
extravagant, and the plot extremely clever. "My Mother Likes Women" is
laced with humor, romance, and ultimately, a coming out story for
everyone. Cute, sassy, sexy, and witty. Great movie.

A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres (My Mother Likes Women) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]

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A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres (My Mother Likes Women) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]
Director: Ines Paris; Daniela Fejerman
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My Mother Likes Women (A mi madre le gustan las mujeres) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]

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My Mother Likes Women (A mi madre le gustan las mujeres) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
Director: Daniela Fejerman , and Inés París
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Product Description

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitles), WIDESCREEN, SYNOPSIS: The debut film from the filmmaking team of Daniela Fejerman and Inés París, A Mi Madre le Gustan las Mujeres is a racy comedy starring Leonor Watling as Elvira. Divorced from their father for years, Elvira gathers her three daughters, Sol (Silvia Abascal), Gimena (María Pujalte), and Sofía (Rosa María Sardà), together to celebrate her birthday and to make an announcement. It seems Elvira has fallen in love, which excites the girls until she reveals that it is a woman that she's been seeing. The title, A Mi Madre le Gustan las Mujeres, is Spanish for My Mother Likes Women.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Trailer(s), Scene Access, Interactive Menu, Filmographies, Film Credits, Cast/Crew Interview(s),

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