Parallel Mothers (2021)
Coming to theaters at December 24, 2021
“Madres paralelas”
Drama
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. The film primiered at September 1, 2021 on Venice Film Festival.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Stars: Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Ainhoa Santamaría, Daniela Santiago, Israel Elejalde