Blog del Instituto Cervantes de Londres

Parallel Mothers, the latest movie directed and written by Pedro Almodóvar, premieres in UK’s cinemas on January 28th. The Spanish director reunites with his muse Penelope Cruz for this moving, intriguing drama.

Two women, Janis and Ana, meet in a hospital where they are about to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, has no regrets and is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared and repentant. Janis tries to encourage her as they move like sleepwalkers through the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between them, which by chance will develop and complicate, changing their lives in a decisive way.