Hable Con Ella
Almodóvar delves into the dynamic of love and unrequited infatuation in this tale of two men who share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Please note that this film is in Spanish, with Dutch subtitles. The introduction by Ingrid van de Ven will also be in Dutch.
After an encounter at a local dance performance, male nurse Benigno Martín and travel writer Marco Zuluaga find their lives remarkably paralleled when they meet again in the same hospital ward. Benigno, infatuated with the young dancer Alicia Roncero, becomes the woman’s nurse after she falls comatose and serendipitously comes into his care. Meanwhile, Marco’s budding relationship with the famous matador Lydia González is cut short after she’s gored by a bull and becomes brain dead. The two men quickly transition from strangers to friends.
Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2002, 112 min. Spanish spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Mariola Fuentes.