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.
'PARALLEL MOTHERS' STORIES
Exploring female identity and revisiting the past with conflicted feelings, this film is a near-perfect mix of the personal and political, ranking among the best of Pedro Almodóvar's films.