ISRAEL ELEJALDE

PARALLEL MOTHERS (2022)
Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy De Palma, Julieta Serrano, Arantxa Aranguren, Adelfa Calvo, José Javier Domínguez and Carmen Flores. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

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. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complications, and changes their lives in a decisive way.

REVIEWS Parallel Mothers - Peak Almodóvar