'You should be ashamed of yourselves, Instagram,' Spanish designer Javier Jaen who created the poster wrote in a post on the image-centric social network. 'As expected @Instagram has removed the poster which we made for the latest Almodovar film. A robust online debate saw some defending the image as artistic while others said it was 'too explicit'. Starring one of Almodovar's favourite actresses, Penelope Cruz, 'Parallel Mothers' will open this year's Venice film festival, which runs September 1-11. Cruz plays one of two women, a generation apart, who find themselves inextricably linked by their brief time together in a maternity ward.

Source: The Nation August 10, 2021 18:56 UTC