Talk to Her

Talk to Her (Hable con ella, 2002) is a Pedro Almodóvar drama you can watch online on iFILM — the story of two men keeping vigil beside two women lost in comas.

Journalist Marco falls for famed bullfighter Lidia, until a bull in the ring leaves her unresponsive. At the hospital he meets Benigno, a male nurse who has spent months tending to Alicia, a young dancer in a coma, talking to her as if she takes in every word. An unlikely friendship grows between the two men — and with it a question that has no clean answer: where does devotion end and obsession begin.

Almodóvar took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay here, along with a BAFTA and a César. The film folds in a celebrated silent-movie sequence and choreography by Pina Bausch, balancing grief against warmth and absurdity the way only he can. It ranks among his tenderest and most uncomfortable work. Stream Talk to Her online on iFILM.