[Benigno] -------- Tends to --------> [Alicia (Comatose Ballerina)] | : | (Unlikely Bond at Clinic) : (Friction & Future) v v [Marco] -------- Mourns for -------> [Lydia (Comatose Matador)]
The film masterfully weaves together the lives of two men who form an unlikely friendship while keeping vigil over two comatose women at the El Bosque clinic. hable con ella cilco pedro almodovar best
Does the film condone his action? Absolutely not. Benigno goes to prison. The narrative punishes him. But the film asks a radical question: Can we love a person so profoundly that we destroy their autonomy? And more disturbingly: If the victim never knows the crime, does the crime erase the positive outcome? (Alicia eventually wakes up and recovers.) Benigno goes to prison
A sensitive journalist struggling to connect with his girlfriend, Lydia, a famous bullfighter who also falls into a coma after being gored in the ring. And more disturbingly: If the victim never knows
To understand why Hable con ella is considered his best work, one must look at how it intentionally flips the traditional Almodóvar formula. From Sisterhood to Brotherhood
: Benigno is a deeply lonely male nurse who spends his life caring for Alicia, a young dance student he was infatuated with before her tragic car accident. He speaks to her constantly, sharing stories, gossip, and art, operating under the absolute belief that she can hear him.
