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Parallel Mothers

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón View All


Crew

Pedro Almodóvar (Screenplay), Pedro Almodóvar (Director) View All

Release: Oct. 8th, 2021
Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
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Gideon58
This is the story of two women who meet in the hospital after giving birth on the same day in 2016 Madrid: Janis is a 40 year old fashion photographer who has a one night stand with a handsome archeologist and finds herself pregnant with no one but her BFF/boss as a support system; Ana is the sp....
Takoma11
Smit is also very good as Ana, a young woman grappling with the direction of her life, her complicated relationship with a mother (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) who is up-front about the ways that being a mother derailed her life, her sexuality, and the traumatic context around her own pregnancy.


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