Parallel Mothers

    Genre
    Independent, Foreign, Award Winning, Drama
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  • Runtime
    122 mins
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  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    2021
  • |
  • Countries
    Spain
  • |
  • Languages
    Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Pedro Almodóvar
WRITTEN BY:
Pedro Almodóvar
CAST INCLUDES:
Penélope Cruz, Rossy De Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Julieta Serrano

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Pedro Almodóvar’s most recent work, two-time Golden Globe nominee PARALLEL MOTHERS, is a stunning look into single motherhood through very different eyes, of Janis, played by Penélope Cruz (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, VANILLA SKY, VOLVER) and Ana, played by Milena Smit (CROSS THE LINE, THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, TIN & TINA), one middle-aged and ready to be a mother, the other a young woman, afraid and traumatized, as they are in the hospital to give birth on the same day. Their conversations will bring them together and change their lives forever. "Generations pass, this wise movie tells us; family endures" (Seattle Times).

SYNOPSIS

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.

Parallel Mothers

    Genre
    Independent, Foreign, Award Winning, Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    122 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    2021
  • |
  • Countries
    Spain
  • |
  • Languages
    Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Pedro Almodóvar
WRITTEN BY
Pedro Almodóvar
CAST INCLUDES
Penélope Cruz, Rossy De Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Julieta Serrano
Pedro Almodóvar’s most recent work, two-time Golden Globe nominee PARALLEL MOTHERS, is a stunning look into single motherhood through very different eyes, of Janis, played by Penélope Cruz (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, VANILLA SKY, VOLVER) and Ana, played by Milena Smit (CROSS THE LINE, THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, TIN & TINA), one middle-aged and ready to be a mother, the other a young woman, afraid and traumatized, as they are in the hospital to give birth on the same day. Their conversations will bring them together and change their lives forever. "Generations pass, this wise movie tells us; family endures" (Seattle Times).

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.