by pedro almodovar. we have a new british horror movie, amulet. and sing 2 more singing animals. that s quite the mixture. so, parallel mothers, lots of sort of excitement about almodovar s latest film. yes, and a nine minute ovation when it premiered, i think, at venice. so, penelope cruz and milena smit are single mothers to be. they are sharing a room together in a hospital, they give birth together, their babies go into observation together, and when they leave hospital, they swap phone numbers. and perhaps a bit more. here is a clip. so, that s one strand of the story. in another strand, penelope cruz s character is trying to excavate a mass grave in her hometown from the civil war, so there are two stories. parallel mothers, parallel stories, personal and political, which sounds like a really fascinating combination. and if you think of the films of guillermo del toro, like the devil s backbone or pan s labyrinth, he s managed to do exactly that with the spanish civil
personal and political, which sounds like a really fascinating combination. and if you think of the films of guillermo del toro, like the devil s backbone or pan s labyrinth, he s managed to do exactly that with the spanish civil war. here s the thing with this, it s beautifully designed, beautifully played a very well written script with great performances, wonderful score. and it sounds like a perfect match. the problem for me is that it s not so much parallel stories, it s tangential stories. you have the spanish civil war story, which kind of appears and then gets sidelined. you have the personal story, which is full of melodramatic contrivance which you re kind of meant to buy into because, hey, it serves the story. and then we move back to the spanish civil war, so now. i have to say, i m in the minority here. most people i ve spoken to think this is great. and i m a big pedro almodovarfan, i loved the short film that he made, the human voice, just recently. itjust fe
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