Parallel Mothers: Release Date, Cast, Plot And More Details

Screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar made his iconic directorial debut with a nonlinear drama about the decline of a content producer in which Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz starred. The acclaimed director received an honorary Golden Lion from Venice Film Festival that same year for his life’s work.

The prolific filmmaker could have slowed down from producing any more films because of the long-term health condition, as it is reported that he became ill last year with complications related to the coronavirus. After recovering from a car accident and being under house arrest, he finally finished writing scripts for his next movie project with Cruz. Here’s all the information we have at the moment.

Parallel Mothers Release Date Details:

In 2021, Film acquired the UK distribution rights to Parallel Mothers. The following year, Sony Pictures Classics who obtained the US, Australian, and Norweigian distribution rights to Parallel Mothers.

The movie will be premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2021. The release date in Spain is 10 September 2021. It is scheduled for release on December 24, 2021, in the United States.

Source: Looper.com

Parallel Mothers Cast Details:

• Penélope Cruz as Janis
• Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Teresa
• Milena Smit as Ana
• Israel Elejalde
• Julieta Serrano
• Rossy de Palma
• Daniela Santiago

Parallel Mothers Plot Synopsis:

As a teaser trailer raises more questions than answers about the plot of “Parallel Mothers,” we at least know the official synopsis and some of its central themes like in the film. According to the synopsis from Sony Pictures, two single women named Janis and Ana have a baby by accident.

In Janis, a woman in her later years of life, and Ana, a much younger teenage girl, we see two different reactions to their pregnancies. After the two meet in a hospital and bond through their connection with each other, Janis’s unborn child overwhelms Ana’s emotional stability and causes the relationship to deteriorate.

Variety reported that Pedro Almodóvar has said the film is an intense drama about imperfect mothers and their children. The motherhood theme in Almodovar’s film has always been a central one, but with this new film, the filmmaker is focusing on a different aspect of his oeuvre: “The inevitable presence of memory.”