With reports of the world’s democracies being on life support, the timing of Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers” is as impeccable as Penelope Cruz’s performance in it. As a Madrid fashion photographer, her Janis captures beauty through her lenses. But it’s what she doesn’t see in the many portraits adorning her high-end Madrid condo that causes her to shudder. What’s missing is Janis’ great-grandfather, a devoted husband and father snatched from his home and made one of…
