'' All About My Mother '' opened at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival , where Almodóvar won both the Best Director and the Ecumenical Jury prizes . The film garnered a strong critical reception and grossed over $ 67 million worldwide . '' All About My Mother '' has accordingly received more awards and honours than any other film in the Spanish motion picture industry , including Almodóvar 's very first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , the Golden Globe in the same category , the BAFTA Awards for Best Direction and Best Film Not in the English Language as well as 6 Goyas in his native Spain
1999 Cannes Film Festival
1999 Cannes Film Festival
Pedro Almodóvar