You're Killing Me Susana

You're Killing Me Susana (Me estás matando, Susana, 2016) is a Mexican rom-com with a bitter edge you can watch online on iFILM. Eligio rolls home at dawn, sleeps it off, and wakes to find his wife gone — no note, no call, nothing.

Asking around, he learns Susana has flown to a writers' residency in the States, fed up with his charming refusal to grow up. Gael García Bernal plays a man used to fixing everything with a grin, and for once the grin fails him. He chases her half a continent north to win her back, only to find that charm isn't enough and she may already have a life of her own.

Director Roberto Sneider adapts José Agustín's novel and keeps the tone on a wire between romantic comedy and a sober tale about growing up at forty. Verónica Echegui matches Bernal beat for beat. One for anyone who recognizes the kind of love that's easier to declare than to live. Stream You're Killing Me Susana (2016) online on iFILM.