Almodovar Season: Talk to Her (15)
The Phoenix invites you to their summer season of Almodovar classics, celebrating the legendary director's colourful tales of melodrama and metafiction in all their vibrant glory.
When his matador lover Lydia is injured during a fight and enters a coma, Marco (Dario Grandinetti) meets Benigno (Javier Camara), a nurse on the ward harbouring a desperate fascination for one of his unconscious patients, Alicia. A friendship between the two men begins to form as they confront their loneliness within the uncontaminated walls of the hospital.
This dark tale of obsession is equal parts morbid as it is sentimental. Morality is left at the door, allowing something hilariously human to take its place in the most honest reflection of our awkward attempts to connect. Featuring a Dadaist film-within-a-film and live performances from Pina Bausch and Caetano Veloso, Talk To Her charms its way through life's bleakest moments with sensitivity and risk.
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