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Almodovar opens Venice with 'Madres Paralelas'

2021-07-20T12:16:44.492Z


Director, 'born here 38 years ago, I can't express my joy' (ANSA) Long live the mothers if Pedro Almodóvar tells them and all the more if they are MADRES PARALELAS, or the protagonists of the latest film by the Oscar-winning director. In fact, they will be the ones to open the 78th Venice International Film Festival this year (1-11 September), bringing the restless but always solid female universe of Almodovar to the Lido. In the cast Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit,


Long live the mothers if Pedro Almodóvar tells them and all the more if they are MADRES PARALELAS, or the protagonists of the latest film by the Oscar-winning director. In fact, they will be the ones to open the 78th Venice International Film Festival this year (1-11 September), bringing the restless but always solid female universe of Almodovar to the Lido. In the cast Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and the participation of Julieta Serrano and Rossy De Palma. This is the story. Two women, Janis and Ana, share the hospital room in which they are about to give birth. They are two single women, both in an unexpected pregnancy. Middle-aged Janis has no regrets and in the hours leading up to the birth she cheers for joy. Ana, on the other hand, is a frightened, contrite and traumatized teenager.Janis tries to cheer her up as they stroll through the hospital wards like sleepwalkers. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very strong bond between the two and fate, in taking its course, will dramatically complicate the lives of both. "I was born as a director in Venice in 1983 - declares Pedro Almodóvar - in the Mezzogiorno Mezzanotte section. Thirty-eight years later I am called to inaugurate the exhibition. I cannot express the joy, the honor and how much this represents for me without falling into self-satisfaction . I am very grateful to the festival for this recognition and I hope to live up to it. " Alberto Barbera, director of the exhibition, underlines: "I am grateful to Pedro Almodóvar for having offered us the privilege of opening the Mostra del Cinema with his new film,intense and sensitive portrait of two women who measure themselves with the themes of motherhood with unpredictable implications, of female solidarity, of a sexuality lived in full freedom and without hypocrisy, against the background of a reflection on the inescapable need for truth, to be pursued without hesitation . A very welcome return to Venice in Competition for our Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2019, many years after the success of 'Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown', which marked her definitive affirmation in the international arena ".to be pursued without hesitation. A very welcome return to Venice in Competition for our Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2019, many years after the success of 'Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown', which marked her definitive affirmation in the international arena ".to be pursued without hesitation. A very welcome return to Venice in Competition for our Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2019, many years after the success of 'Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown', which marked her definitive affirmation in the international arena ".

Source: ansa

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