Director: Santiago Requejo
A phone addiction nearly costs Carlos his marriage in this 2024 Spanish comedy, and the fallout sends him into a support group built for people exactly like him.
What is I Can't Live Without You about?
Carlos can't put his phone down, and the habit finally catches up with him when it wrecks a family occasion his wife Adela had been planning for months. Facing the real possibility of losing her trust for good, he reluctantly enrolls in an unconventional recovery program designed for compulsive phone users. The sessions throw him together with a cast of fellow strugglers, each dealing with their own version of the same modern problem, and the group dynamic becomes the engine for most of the film's comedy. Director Santiago Requejo keeps the focus on Carlos's attempts to prove he's changed, even as old habits keep tugging him back toward the screen. Adrián Suar plays Carlos with a mix of self-deprecation and genuine panic, while Paz Vega gives Adela enough steel that her patience never feels like a given. The therapy-group setting lets the film poke at wider habits around constant connectivity without turning preachy, and it builds toward a resolution that asks whether Carlos's change is really about the phone at all.
Cast & crew
Adrián Suar anchors the film as Carlos, leaning into the character's awkward self-awareness rather than playing him as a simple punchline. Paz Vega brings sharp comic timing to Adela, and Eva Santolaria and Ramón Barea round out the therapy-group ensemble with reliably funny supporting turns.
Context & significance
Released in 2024, the film comes from Spanish director Santiago Requejo and fits into a run of European comedies built around modern digital habits and the friction they cause at home. Its 112-minute runtime keeps the pacing brisk, moving between group-therapy scenes and Carlos's home life without lingering too long on any one beat.
Where & how to watch
I Can't Live Without You is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, in a Farsi-friendly viewing experience with Persian dubbing and subtitles for the Iranian diaspora. No payment is required just to browse the title page.