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
now. it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m holly hamilton. coming up tonight: history maker. rafa nadal wins a record 21st grand slam men s title, becomng the most successful men s singles player of all time. mo salah helps fire egypt into the semi finals of the africa cup of nations. and england cling on in canberra to deny australia victory and keep the women s ashes series alive. hello and welcome to sportsday. on an historic day in grand slam history. rafael nadal s victory over daniil medvedev to claim the australian open title makes him the msot successful men s player of all time, surpassing his greatest rivals novak djokovic and roger federer. he did it in epic fashion. coming from two sets down in melbourne, he dug deep in a battle that will go down as one of the most amazing grand slam victories of his illustrious career. austin halewood was watching. as the sun sets on another australian open, the crowd in melbourne were looking for one final
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