Parallel Mothers

Two women share a hospital room, give birth on the same day, and the younger one’s baby becomes part of a mistake the older one cannot leave alone. Almodóvar sets that beside a dig for a Civil War grave. Penélope Cruz plays Janis as a photographer who wants both the child and the excavation. Milena Smit’s Ana is not only the other mother. The Sony Pictures Classics trailer is the nursery. The film holds a family secret and a national one in the same kitchen.