M is for the Many! On-Air Review of ‘Parallel Mothers’

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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 20th, 2022, reviewing the 22nd film of writer/director Pedro Almodóvar, “Parallel Mothers,” in select theaters now.

Penélope Cruz is Janis, a photographer who gets pregnant from a one night stand. As she readies to deliver, she meets a “parallel mother’ named Ana (Milena Smit), a teen who also got in the family way through a brief encounter. They form a bond during their deliveries, and meet again later under different circumstances, that will change both their lives.

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Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com reviewed “Parallel Mothers” during the Morning Mess with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM, Monroe, Wisconsin, January 20th, 2022 …

“Parallel Mothers” is in select theaters now, check local listings. Featuring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Rossy de Palma, Israel Elejalde and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. Written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Rated “R”

HollywoodChicago.com senior staff writer Patrick McDonald

By PATRICK McDONALD
Editor and Film Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
pat@hollywoodchicago.com

© 2022 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com

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