SUBSCRIBE to this channel for exclusive videos from AFI: http://bit.ly/SubscribeAFI PARALLEL MOTHERS red carpet interview with writer/director Pedro Almodóvar at AFI FEST 2021. Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s PARALLEL MOTHERS follows two women Janis and Ana (both single mothers) from the moment they give birth to two daughters. Janis is thrilled by her accidental pregnancy, seeing it as perhaps her last chance at motherhood, while the adolescent Ana is scared and traumatized by the ordeal. Almodóvar masterfully weaves the drama of these two women around the complexity, anxiety and passion that comes with motherhood. With the birth of their daughters, Janis and Ana have a unique link and are drawn closer by the lack of support from others in their world. But this bond unravels in complicated and surprising ways that neither of them expected. Starring Penelope Cruz, Melina Smit, Israel Elejalde and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, PARALLEL MOTHERS is a powerful exploration of how generations and families are held together amongst the greatest challenges. #afifest #parallelmothers #pedroalmodovar #movies #afi #film #americanfilminstitute FOLLOW AFI: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute https://twitter.com/AmericanFilm https://instagram.com/AmericanFilmInstitute http://www.afi.com BECOME AN AFI MEMBER: https://www.afi.com/support/?Op=join SHOP AFI: https://shop.afi.com/ SIGN UP for the AFI Newsletter: https://www.afi.com/sign-up/?method=signups