The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 25 wins & 90 nominations total
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere was a poster for PARALLEL MOTHERS (Madres paralelas) over a decade ago in a scene of Almodóvar's BROKEN EMBRACES (2009). He was already working on the script and had made a poster.
- Goofs(at around 1h 28 mins) After an argument with Ana in the kitchen, Janis leaves to go sit on the terrace. She sits down in the chair on the left (from viewer's perspective). When Ana walks towards her, Janis is sitting in the chair on the right.
- Crazy creditsThe entirety of the credits appears on 35mm film that scrolls by, with red markings as if someone were reviewing each "picture."
- SoundtracksSummertime
Written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Performed by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company
Featured review
Like an Artsier Telenovela
Pedro Almodovar embraces his telenovela dramatic instincts and gives us a film that's an artsier version of one of those melodramas you'd find on a Spanish-language channel. That's not a necessarily bad thing, because this movie is actually at its best when it's focusing on the melodramatic emotions triggered by a switched-at-birth narrative and the two mothers -- one who knows, one who doesn't -- whose babies are the ones affected. It's when Almodovar gets more serious, and tries to marry this plot to another about the lingering scars left on Spain's national psyche by Franco's authoritarian regime, that he stumbles.
He never really does find a successful way to bring these two stories together, so it's like he had ideas for two films and just decided to cram them into one.
One thing I can say for Almodovar's films -- I want to live in them. Penelope Cruz has one of the best apartments I've ever seen in a movie.
Cruz was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for this film. She's good, but I'm not sure about Oscar worthy. Alberto Iglesia was also nominated for the film's very effective score, that makes the movie sound like more of a thriller than it ever actually ends up being.
Grade: A-
He never really does find a successful way to bring these two stories together, so it's like he had ideas for two films and just decided to cram them into one.
One thing I can say for Almodovar's films -- I want to live in them. Penelope Cruz has one of the best apartments I've ever seen in a movie.
Cruz was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for this film. She's good, but I'm not sure about Oscar worthy. Alberto Iglesia was also nominated for the film's very effective score, that makes the movie sound like more of a thriller than it ever actually ends up being.
Grade: A-
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- Jul 13, 2022
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Паралельні матері
- Filming locations
- Plaza de las Comendadoras, Madrid, Madrid, Spain(Janis' apartment and Café Moderno)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,297,501
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $38,249
- Dec 26, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $23,099,858
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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