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Pedro & Penélope

In the lead up to opening Parallel Mothers, we celebrate director Pedro Almodóvar and actress Penélope Cruz's life and work together with a series of highlights from their first collaboration to today.

Previous Screenings

LIVE FLESH

1997 / Spain + / Pedro Almodóvar

After a failed seduction of the beautiful but strung out Elena, Victor lands in prison for six years where he has plenty of time to strengthen his mind, body, and desire for revenge on the man that put him there. Now that he’s out, he will stop at nothing to win her over.

BROKEN EMBRACES

2009 / Spain / Pedro Almodóvar

A luminous Penélope Cruz stars as an actress who sacrifices everything for true love in this acclaimed tale of sex, secrets and cinema.

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER

1999 / Spain + / Pedro Almodóvar

After a tragic loss sees Manuela return to Barcelona, she overcomes her grief by becoming a caregiver to a colorful family: a pregnant nun (Penélope Cruz), a trans sexworker (Antonia San Juan), and two troubled actresses (Marisa Paredes and Candela Peña) in this touching screwball melodrama.

VOLVER

2006 / Spain / Pedro Almodóvar

Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lost their parents in a tragic fire years ago. But superstitious villagers claim that the girls’ departed mother, Irene (Carmen Maura), has been seen wandering around their Aunt Paula’s home.