Parallel Mothers

[Opens Jan. 14 in theaters.] When a thirty-something, successful Spanish photographer (Penélope Cruz) gets pregnant by her married forensic anthropologist lover (Israel Elejalde) and meets a distraught, worried single teenager (Milena Smit) living with her ambitious actress mother (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) as they deliver their daughters on the same day in a Madrid hospital against the backdrop of the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War in Pedro Almodóvar's poignant, riveting, compelling, well-written, twist-filled, star-dotted (Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, Pedro Casablanc, and Adelfa Calvo), 2-hour film dominated by terrific acting and cinematography, their supportive friendship takes a surprising turn as questions arise and secrets creep in while trying to care for their newborns.
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