Sony released the trailer forParallel Mothers(Madres Paralelas), the new movie by acclaimed Spanish directorPedro Almodóvar.Set to open the 78th Venice International Film Festival,Parallel Motherswill become available in Spain in September, before crossing the ocean and hitting U.S. theaters in December.
The short trailer teases the plot ofParallel Mothersby showing the life trajectory of two women who give birth on the same day. The two women are brought to life byMilena Smitand Almodóvar’s long-time collaboratorPenélope Cruz. The trailer also showsJulieta SerranoandRossy de Palma, who also worked with Almodóvar in previous movies, are part of the movie’s cast.
Written and directed by Almodóvar,Parallel Mothersis the twenty-second feature movie in the filmmaker’s prolific career. He has previously won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film with 1999’sAll About My Motherand Best Original Screenplay with 2002’sTalk to Her. Cruz was also nominated for the Academy Awards of Best Actress for her work in Almodóvar’s 2016’sVolver, which also gave her the Best Actress award in Cannes. It will surely be interesting to see howParallel Mothersbrings out the talent of both the director and his favorite actress.
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The cast forParallel Mothersalso includesAitana Sánchez-GijónandIsrael Elejalde. Almodóvar produces the movie together with his younger brother,Agustín Almodóvar, andEsther Garcia.
Parallel Motherswill have its world premiere when it opens the Venice International Film Festival on September 1. The movie will be available in theaters on December 24, right on time for Christmas. CheckParallel Mothers’ trailer below:
Here’sParallel Mothersofficial synopsis:
Two women, Janis (Cruz) and Ana (Smit), coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and got pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant, and traumatized. 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 chance will undertake to develop and complicate in such a decisive way that it will change the lives of both.
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