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A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he
runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's
father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First
she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets
Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes
the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired. She helps
Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover, and she becomes
Rosa's caretaker during a dicey pregnancy. With echoes of Lorca, "All About
Eve," and "Streetcar Named Desire," the mothers live out grief, love, and
friendship.