Parallel Mothers Movie Review
Continuing her long association with Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz plays Janis a world-class photographer who becomes pregnant after a night of passion with Arturo (Israel Elejalde) a forensic archaeologist. She enlists his help to appeal to the government to excavate a mass grave site this possibly contains the remains of her family members. They were victims of fascist aggressors during the Spanish Civil War.
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In the maternity ward, Janis meets Ana (Milena Smit) a ...
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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 traumatised. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors.
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The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by ...
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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 traumatised. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors.
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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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