“Madres Paralelas,” a new drama directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Penélope Cruz, will open the Venice Film Festival in September.
July 19 (UPI) — The 2021 Venice Film Festival will open with Pedro Almodóvar’s new film Madres Paralelas. Organizers said Monday that Madres Paralelas, or Parallel Mothers, will screen during the festival’s opening night Sept.1. Madres Paralelas is a new drama written and directed by Almodóvar, a Spanish director known for such films as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her and Pain and Glory. “I was born as a film director in 1983 in Venice in the Mezzogiorno Mezzanotte section,” Almodóvar said in a statement, referencing his film Dark Habits.
