Spain's Pedro Almodovar won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film with this "dense and deeply touching" (New York Times) tale about a pair of women lying in comas and the two devoted men (Dario Grandinetti and Javier Camara) who sit by their bedsides. Veering in tone from black comedy and soap opera to tragedy and romance, Almodovar delicately examines the depths of friendship, loyalty, love and loneliness, while always avoiding easy sentimentality. "A truly great picture" - Guardian.