translated from Spanish: Almodóvar finished filming “Parallel Mothers”: look at the first images

Pedro Almodóvar finished the filming of his next and twenty-second feature film, “Madres paralelos”, after ten weeks of recordings and we can already take a first look at what is coming. Starring the actresses Penélope Cruz (in her seventh film with the director), Aitana Sánchez Gijón and Milena Smit, it will follow three mothers who give birth the same day, a plot that will be crossed by themes such as imperfect motherhood, family, ancestors and memory.” I return to the feminine universe, to motherhood, to the family. I’m talking about the importance of ancestors and descendants; the inevitable presence of memory. There are many mothers in my filmography, the ones that are part of this story are very different. As a narrator, at this moment I am more inspired by imperfect mothers, “said the director in statements to Spanish media, gathered by Telam.

First images disseminated by El Deseo | Instagram @eldeseo_El director comes from premiering his film “Dolor y Gloria” -with autobiographical passages-, for which Antonio Banderas was nominated for the Oscars on that occasion, and from presenting “La voz humana”, his first work in English in which he starred the renowned actress Tilda Swinton (“The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Doctor Strange”, “Okja” and more). From its production company, El Deseo, with the participation of RTVE and Netflix, the cast is completed with Israel Elejalde as the male protagonist, Julieta Serrano and Rossy de Palma, “usual almodovarianas”, as defined by the Spanish press given their work in the works of the director’s filmography: both coincided in “Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios” (1988) and participated in other feature films.
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