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Parallel Mothers (Madres Paralelas) (Opening Night)

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
2021
123 mins

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.

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  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    Spain
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Premiere Status
    Florida Premiere
  • Director
    Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer
    Pedro Almodóvar
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Theme
    En español, Drama, Award Presentation

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