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Parallel Mothers (2021)

Name: Parallel Mothers
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Genre: drama film
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.1

Parallel Mothers is a 2021 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film centers on Janis, played by Penélope Cruz, and Ana, who give birth on the same day in a hospital. Their lives become intertwined when Janis learns a shocking truth about her daughter's biological heritage. As the film explores their evolving relationships with their children, it also reflects on Spain's unresolved…

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Shot by José Luis Alcaine Escaño · Cut by Teresa Font · Music by Alberto Iglesias · Ratio 1.85:1 · 123 min

Behind the scenes

PARALLEL MOTHERS | Scene At The Academy — Oscars · 19 min
Penélope Cruz on "Parallel Mothers" — CBS Sunday Morning · 8 min
How Parallel Mothers (Penelope Cruz) Inspired My 2nd Film's Custom Fade Outs (A Bogota Trip) — Phil Svitek · 5 min
PARALLEL MOTHERS | Palm Springs International Star Award: Penélope Cruz — Sony Pictures Classics · 2 min

Elsewhere

More by Pedro Almodóvar

A Manual for Cleaning Women
Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! — 1978
Salomé — 1978
Pepi, Luci, Bom — 1980
Labyrinth of Passion — 1982
Dark Habits — 1983
What Have I Done to Deserve This? — 1985
Matador — 1986
Law of Desire — 1987
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown — 1988
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! — 1989
High Heels — 1991
Kika — 1993
The Flower of My Secret — 1995
Live Flesh — 1997
All About My Mother — 1999
Talk to Her — 2002
Bad Education — 2004
Volver — 2006
The Cannibalistic Councillor — 2009
Broken Embraces — 2009
The Skin I Live In — 2011
I'm So Excited — 2013
Julieta — 2016
Pain and Glory — 2019
The Human Voice — 2020
Strange Way of Life — 2023
The Room Next Door — 2024
Bitter Christmas — 2026

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