The 2021 Cannes Film Festival announces its line-up tomorrow morning, and Pedro Almodóvar‘s next movie starring Penélope Cruz gets a first look. Coincidence? Unfortunately yes. Production has just finished on Pedro Almodóvar’s latest, “Parallel Mothers” (“Madres Paralelas”). Still, perhaps nature is healing, and this is all a sign that the world is coming back to normal. We’re getting a Cannes Film Festival soon and then another Almodóvar film, albeit, probably next year.
And if we’re talking about traditions, well, Sony Pictures Classics, who essentially always releases every Almodóvar film, is back on this one and today, have released a behind-the-scenes clip of the filming of “Parallel Mothers” (In 2016, SPC announced they had acquired the rest of Almodóvar’s full library of films that they had not already released) This new Almodóvar film stars Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma and Julieta Serrano. Additionally, El Deso in Spain released the first look photos of the film, which you can see below.
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Longtime Almodóvar fans might rejoice at the return of Rossy de Palma. A Spanish actress he discovered, she starred in “Law of Desire” (1987), “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” (1988), “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” (1989), then took a long break from his inner circle after two more appearances in the ’90s. She’s been back in recent years, appearing in “Broken Embraces” (2009) and “Julieta” (2016) and now “Parallel Mothers.”
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Here’s the synopsis Sony Picture Classics released when they had announced they were releasing “Parallel Mothers.”
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PARALLEL MOTHERS is a drama that centers on three mothers, portrayed by Cruz, Gijón, and Smit. The film expands Almodóvar’s previous depictions of womanhood by turning his focus on imperfect mothers, in a departure from his prior work exploring mothers and motherhood.
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Sony Pictures Classics recently released Almodóvar’s short film “The Human Voice,” starring Tilda Swinton, and it’s now available to stream on HBO Max starting April 30th. “Parallel Mothers” isn’t expected until 2022 (though maybe by Christmas 2021?), but hey, get hype now and check out the new photos and video.
