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Parallel Mothers
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Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas) is a Spanish drama film directed and written by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar and Esther García for El Deseo, Sony Pictures and RTVE. Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Milena Smit star, with cinematography by José Luis Alcaine Escaño, editing by Teresa Font, and music by Alberto Iglesias. It is performed in Spanish and was filmed in Madrid, where its narrative is also set, in the 2010s.
The film addresses motherhood, descent and Vergangenheitsbewältigung, was rated R, and had a budget of $11,000,000 against a box office of $23,099,858. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and Pathé.
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Film · TMDB
6.8Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Cast
- Penélope Cruz as Janis
- Milena Smit as Ana
- Israel Elejalde as Arturo
- Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Teresa
- Rossy de Palma as Elena
- Julieta Serrano as Brígida
Themes
- mother
- photographer
- pregnancy
- spanish civil war (1936-39)
- memory
- single mother
- motherhood
- dna testing
- switched at birth
- post spanish civil war
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
39,413 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
88/100
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 26 wins & 94 nominations total
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Key facts
- Spanish
- Madres paralelas
- Directed by
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Written by
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Produced by
- Agustín Almodóvar
- Starring
- Penélope Cruz Milena Smit Israel Elejalde Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Rossy de Palma Julieta Serrano
- Cinematography
- José Luis Alcaine
- Edited by
- Teresa Font
- Music by
- Alberto Iglesias
- Production companies
- El Deseo Remotamente Films AIE
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia
- Release dates
- 1 September 2021 ( 2021-09-01 ) ( Venice ) 8 October 2021 ( 2021-10-08 ) (Spain)
- Running time
- 122 minutes
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Box office
- $21.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 35th European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Screenwriter
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Composer
- Alberto Iglesias
- Producer
- Esther García
- Cinematographer
- José Luis Alcaine Escaño
- Narrative location
- Madrid
- Filming location
- Madrid
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 242779
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- title
- Madres paralelas
- publication date
- 2021-10-07
- film editor
- Teresa Font
- distributed by
- Pathé
- review score
- 88/100
- set in period
- 2010s
- capital cost
- 11000000
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Actress
- Commons category
- Madres paralelas
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Encyclopedic overview
Parallel Mothers (Spanish: Madres paralelas) is a 2021 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film centers on Janis, played by Penélope Cruz, and Ana (Milena Smit), 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 history, particularly the painful legacy of the civil war and the search for missing bodies. Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, and Julieta Serrano co-star.
The film had its premiere on 1 September 2021 as the opening film of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where Cruz was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. It was released theatrically in Spain on 8 October 2021 by Sony Pictures Releasing International, and was the closing film of the 2021 New York Film Festival on the same day. At the 94th Academy Awards, the film received two nominations: Best Actress (Cruz) and Best Original Score (Iglesias).
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