Parallel Mothers
(2021)Parallel Mothers 2021
Madres parallelas follows two women, Janis and Ana, who clash in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. They are both single and accidentally got pregnant. Middle-aged Janis has no regrets and is very happy. The other, Ana, a teenager, is frightened, regretful, and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her as she moves like sleepwalkers through the hospital corridors. The few secrets they exchange during the night hours will forge a very close bond between the two and, by chance, lead to development and complexity so determinedly that it will change the lives of both of them.