AWAKEN
Eloquent and strange film about two female comatose patients and their respective partners who wait, administer nurturing care, and indeed, 'talk to her'. This film is laid out like an inviting satin bed sheet with seductive comfort zones and gorgeous sexual images; you won't soon forget Rosario Flores decked out in her bullfighter garb, until more fundamental plot developments disturb the sedate quality in the second half. The Romeo and Juliet-like denouncement seemed beneath the film's objective, but the final moments are stirring and the use of subtitles, especially at the end where love is the silent communicator, is very moving.