Parallel Mothers (2021): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch Parallel Mothers in Persian?

Parallel Mothers streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with a Persian dub and with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2021 drama film from Spain. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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Two women who share nothing but a due date and a hospital room end up bound together by a secret neither of them saw coming.

What is Parallel Mothers about?

Janis is in her forties, settled in her career and glad about the pregnancy she didn't plan for. Ana is a teenager, scared and full of regret about how she got there. Thrown into the same room as they wait to give birth, the two form a quick, unlikely closeness that continues once they've both gone home with their daughters. As their lives keep crossing in the months that follow, a truth buried in the circumstances of that shared night starts to surface, one that will upend what each woman believes about her own family and force a reckoning neither can avoid.

About the cast

Penélope Cruz leads as Janis opposite Milena Smit's Ana, with Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano, Arantxa Aranguren and Adelfa Calvo rounding out a cast built around the quiet weight of family secrets. Cruz anchors the film with a performance built on restraint, letting small shifts in her expression do the work that dialogue leaves unsaid.

Context & significance

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, the film pairs its central story of two mothers with a second thread about Spain's unresolved history, using one woman's search into her own family's past to sit alongside the more intimate drama unfolding in the present. The film comes from Spain and unfolds mostly indoors, in kitchens and apartments, where conversation carries as much tension as any twist in the plot. Almodóvar keeps the two threads moving together rather than treating one as background for the other, so a national reckoning and a private family drama end up feeling like the same story told at two different scales.

Watching Parallel Mothers on Ktime

Parallel Mothers is available on K-Time with a free account login, complete with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who want to watch in Farsi. The platform's Farsi-first design makes it simple for the Iranian diaspora to discover acclaimed international dramas like this one.

Cast & crew

Parallel Mothers is a 2021 drama film from Spain. It was directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The cast is led by Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde. It runs 123 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano, Arantxa Aranguren, Adelfa Calvo

Country

Spain

Year

2021

Runtime

123 min

Genre

Drama

Frequently asked questions

When was Parallel Mothers released?

It is a 2021 catalogue title from Spain.

Who directs Parallel Mothers?

Pedro Almodóvar directs and wrote the film.

Does Parallel Mothers have Persian subtitles or dubbing?

Yes, it streams with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles on K-Time with a free account login.

What is Parallel Mothers about?

It follows two women, one middle-aged and one a teenager, whose bond after giving birth on the same night uncovers a family secret with lasting consequences, across a runtime of just over two hours.

What year was Parallel Mothers made?

Parallel Mothers was released in 2021 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.