Set in an unspecified French village, the locals are shocked when a group of girls skinny dipping in the nearby lake (all very tastefully done I hasten to add) are killed by a group of zombiefied Nazi soldiers, that spring up out of the waters and drag them down to their demise.
A couple of detectives are brought in to try and solve the mysterious murders, only to end up as the zombies next victims. It turns out that during the war, the French resistance ambushed and killed a squad of German soldiers and dumped the bodies into the nearby lake, but failed to take notice of any of the local superstitions (never a wise move). Although, seeing as this film appears to be set in the early 80's, why it's taken so long for them to emerge and start killing people is a bit of a mystery, but there you go.
Not-with-standing, the villagers quickly organise a lynch mob to take down the zombie menace, only to end up being decimated by the undead soldiers, who's 'convincing' zombie make-up basically consists of green paint, which doesn't even cover the whole of the actors faces and keeps washing off in the lake.
There's also a bizarre sub plot about one of the zombies visiting his former daughter, who strangely still looks all of 12 despite the fact she should be in her 40's if she was born near the end of the war, but then since when did logic ever come into these films? Such as why do their uniforms still look almost new despite being underwater for 40 years, or how come the skinny dipping girls are only knee deep in the water when viewed from the lakeside, yet appear to be swimming in 12 feet of it from the underwater shots?
Bad acting, naff zombie make-up (the aforementioned green face paint), painfully obvious underwater shots filmed in a swimming pool, not to mention the plot inconsistencies bigger than the aforementioned lake itself. Low budget doesn't even begin to describe this film, which quite unbelievably was directed by respected Eurohorror director Jean Rollin, albeit under the pseudo name J A Laser.
That's not to say the film isn't without merit. I bust a gut laughing at the thoroughly ridiculous scenes of the zombies attacking the naked young girls, and the equally ridiculous slapstick battle with the angry villagers. Utterly hilarious, grab the six pack and the popcorn and have a blast!
不完美，但这是所有抱错孩子的故事中最好看的一个了这么说不为过吧
告别了drama，阿莫多瓦其实一直在讲一件事：轮回
就感觉打三星有些对不起阿莫多瓦，四星又有些偏高，就四星吧。
不算恐怖 但是好看 尤其是最后一段 燃起来了
其实还是不错的。当下与历史两条线太割裂了，也没看到足够说服我的解读。但克鲁兹的表演很好，是阿莫多瓦奇情故事与历史探索的重要载体，没有她，影片将无法成立。
历史永远不会保持沉默。将个人与历史连接，悬念与沉重勾连。虽有割裂感，但又很喜欢这种偶然与若有似无。
很好的故事，喜欢。只是佩内洛普真的有些看腻了。再好的演员也不能万金油吧，好直一女的，怎么也想不到和Ana……敏喜都不出演洪新片了，咱也换换呗？（关于影片本身的我想想再写
补标（当时看的 Landmark Pico 已经歇业了
原始海报已经被“和谐”了……
安娜白发T造型比她长发好看太多了！关于母亲的线很喜欢，就是跟人类历史的线有点割裂。
还行。2022-7-23 20:29:33
阿莫多瓦这次把自己真正想表达的东西套在了一贯奇情的外壳之下，显得有些笨拙刻意，但是情感又真实动人。什么时候我们也能有历史记忆呢（不敢多说了
亲娃不在了，抱养的娃被带走了，然后我带着情人挖祖坟去了，就很神奇的走向。也是难为小潘潘了，完全不知道这角色要怎么拿捏。其实两个妈妈滚床单这种奇情的拍法还是有爆点的，但阿莫多瓦似乎不愿意再自我重复了。
月薪几百欧能穿得起miumiu，服设你在逗我吗。
婴儿去世，读菜兔杀，谎言与真相，但转到弗朗哥实在太特么硬了，口腔试纸都救不回来。。。
戏剧性不够强，又要讲历史又要讲友谊/爱情/母爱。居然就这样让她把孩子拿走了。
阿莫多瓦在《平行母亲》中体现出一种对“瞬间性”的追寻，正如Janis的职业那样，平面摄影恰恰是对特殊瞬间的捕捉——一种德里达意义上的幽灵，开片逐帧播放的照片便暗示着这一点。但与此同时，照相术又指代着一种原始性与现代性的裂隙，它一方面是死者往日痕迹的永恒保留（巫术性），另一方面它又是现代科学与文化工业（模特的平面摄影）的基础（现代性）。婴儿的照片与外祖父的照片构成了当下与历史的互相指射，所有记忆、怀疑与寻觅都被附身照片上的幽灵寻唤而出，外祖父的相片确定这尸体遗迹，婴儿的照片则唤起了Janis内心的深层回忆，两位已死亡之人的照片将当下现实延伸至历史纵深维度。即便现代科学技术能确定亲缘关系与定位尸体遗迹，但那些无数暴毙荒野的无名者们却连那定格的瞬间（照片）都无法得到保存，而直接淹没在了历史洪流中。
可以窥到阿莫多瓦现在的创作状态。被掩埋的历史和抱错的孩子，两个母亲之间的感情耐人寻味。
[NYFF2021] “平行”作为题眼，既指向两位同时生产的母亲间的平行关系，亦暗示着作为个体的小写母亲（mother）与隶属于历史和先祖范畴的大写母亲（Mother）之间的对照——在影片结构上，Janis与Ana之间因际会巧合而错认女儿的经历，乃至随后由其中一位的意外死亡而导致的错综复杂的情感与亲缘关系，恰恰指向Janis的寻亲行为所必然面对的杂芜与扑朔——在弗朗哥当政期间失踪的十数万人究竟下落几何，即便凭借现代先进的科考与鉴定技术或可探知一二，却也正像两位母亲鉴别女儿生身所面临的曲折所揭示的那样，终究是一团旁逸斜出的根茎网络，而非一棵能够轻易理出因果第序的家族树。历史中充满着“婴儿互换”式的巧合，这些巧合往往由于其奇情与狗血而逃逸历史叙述框架的捕获，然而焉知这些“不入流”的故事会中没有历史真相的投影？
阿莫多瓦电影里我其实最爱看的是那些人物的家，鲜亮的色彩搭配得极好，软装赏心悦目，我常常看着看着就不管剧情，只管神游房子去了。回到这部电影，阿莫多瓦特别喜欢在人物的关系上增加维度，人物往往不多，关系却特别复杂，剪辑利索，情节推动快。老面孔们又一次出现了。结尾处乱坟岗触碰到西班牙的血腥历史，让电影一下子沉甸甸起来。
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