Directed by Pedro Almodovar, Parallel Mothers follows two women, Janis and Ana, who coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant, and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.

As part of the Pedro Almodovar Mini Festival, the St. Augustine Film Society will be screening Parallel Mothers at The Waterworks on Friday, August 19th at 7 PM.

Admission is free for members and $8 for non-members. See the Friday performance and get free admission to the Sunday film.