Parallel Mothers

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar (script)
Stars: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde

2021
2h 3min
Rating: 15

Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar, whose Julieta and Pain & Glory were previously well rated by WFS audiences. Two single mothers meet in a hospital where they give birth on the same day, a meeting and bonding that changes their lives.

“...an emotional bundle of joy.” - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian.