Talk to Her

Talk to Her

Infobox Film
name = Talk to Her


caption = English Poster for "Hable con ella"
director = Pedro Almodóvar
producer = Agustín Almodóvar
Michel Ruben
writer = Pedro Almodóvar
starring = Javier Cámara
Darío Grandinetti
Leonor Watling
Geraldine Chaplin
Rosario Flores
music = Alberto Iglesias
cinematography = Javier Aguirresarobe
editing = José Salcedo
distributor = Sony Pictures Classics
(USA)
Warner Sogefilms
(Spain)
20th Century Fox
(Argentina)
Pathé
(France)
released = flagicon|Spain 15 March, 2002
flagicon|USA 25 December, 2002 (limited)
flagicon|Canada 25 December, 2002
runtime = 112 min.
country = ESP
language = Spanish
budget = n/a
gross = $51,001,550 (worldwide)
website =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:267541
imdb_id = 0287467

"Talk to Her" (Spanish: "Hable con ella") is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores. It won the 2002 Academy Award for Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and the 2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The film's themes include the difficulty of communication between the sexes, loneliness and intimacy, secrets and infidelity, and the persistence of love beyond loss.

Plot

Benigno (literally meaning "benign" or "harmless" in Spanish) and Marco cross paths when they both attend the same dance performance, only to eventually meet again at a private clinic where Benigno works. There he is the personal nurse and caregiver of Alicia, a beautiful dance student who lies in a coma and with whom Benigno has become obsessed. Marco, a journalist and travel writer, is at the clinic to visit his girlfriend Lydia, a famous matador who is also comatose after being gored by a bull. As the men stand vigil over these women, the story unfolds in a flashback and flash forward motif, telling the lives of the four with respect to their relationships. Marco leaves Lydia when her previous lover informs him that they had reunited a month before Lydia's accident.

Marco leaves Spain for Jordan to write a tourist guide, where he reads in a newspaper that Lydia has died in her coma.

Meanwhile, Benigno is accused of raping Alicia, who is discovered to be pregnant, believing their contact to be love. It is not revealed whether Benigno is guilty of raping her, but it is strongly implied. Benigno is put into prison in Segovia for this, and a short time later he ingests a large quantity of pills to try to put himself into a coma, thus reuniting himself with Alicia. However, the pills kill Benigno. Ironically Alicia wakes up during or sometime after childbirth. The baby is stillborn, and Alicia begins rehabilitation to recover her walking ability. The film ends with Marco, sitting two rows in front of Alicia, turning around and smiling at her for a moment, and then turning back around.

The play "Trenches", by Alicia's dance teacher, mirrors the events that unfold in the movie. In the play, whenever a soldier dies, a ballerina rises from the body. In the movie, when Benigno dies, Alicia (a ballerina herself) is reborn and rises.

Cast and roles

* Javier Cámara - Benigno Martín
* Darío Grandinetti - Marco Zuluaga
* Leonor Watling - Alicia
* Rosario Flores - Lydia González
* Mariola Fuentes - Rosa
* Geraldine Chaplin - Katerina Bilova
* Pina Bausch - Bailarina 'Café Müller'
* Malou Airaudo - Bailarine 'Café Müller' (Dancer)
* Caetano Veloso - Singer at party - "Cucurrucucú Paloma"
* Roberto Álvarez - Doctor
* Elena Anaya - Ángela
* Lola Dueñas - Matilde
* Adolfo Fernández - Niño de Valencia
* Ana Fernández - Hermana de Lydia
* Chus Lampreave - Portera

Awards

Won

*"'2002 Academy Awards:
**Best Original Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar)
*Argentine Film Critics Association ("Silver Condor"): Best Foreign Film
*"'2003 BAFTA Awards:
**Best Film Not in the English Language
**Best Original Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar)
*2003 Bangkok International Film Festival ("Golden Kinnaree Award"): Best Film, Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)
*Bodil Awards: Best Non-American Film
*Bogey Awards: Bogey Award
*Cinema Brazil Grand Prize: Best Foreign Language Film
*Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain): Best Original Score (Alberto Iglesias)
*Czech Lions: Best Foreign Language Film
*2003 César Awards: Best European Union Film
*European Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar), Best Screenwriter (Pedro Almodóvar)
*"'2003 Golden Globe Awards:
**Best Foreign Language Film
*Goya Awards (Spain): Best Original Score (Alberto Iglesias)
*Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)
*Mexican Cinema Journalists ("Silver Goddess"): Best Foreign Film
*National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Film
*Russian Guild of Film Critics ("Golden Aries"): Best Foreign Film
*Satellite Awards: Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language, Best Original Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar)
*Sofia International Film Festival: Audience Award - Best Film
*Spanish Actors Union: Performance in a Minor Role - Female (Mariola Fuentes)
*TIME Magazine: Best Film
*Uruguayan Film Critics Association: Best Film ("tie")
*Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Film

Nominations

*"'2002 Academy Awards:
**Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)
*British Independent Film Awards: Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language
*Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
*Chicago Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film
*Chlotrudis Awards: Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)
*David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film
*European Film Awards: Best Actor (Javier Cámara), Best Cinematographer (Javier Aguirresarobe)
*Satellite Awards: Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)

External links

*imdb title|id=0287467|title=Hable con ella
* [http://clubcultura.com/clubcine/clubcineastas/almodovar/hableconella/hableconella.htm Club Cultura Website for the film - "Hable con ella"] ("In Spanish - English and French options available")
* [http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2007/10/107-talk-to-her-vincent-and-theo-shop.html Review by Ed Howard at Only The Cinema]
* [http://www.kamera.co.uk/reviews_extra/talk_to_her.php Review and discussion at kamera.co.uk]
* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,766918,00.html Interview with Pedro Almodóvar about Talk to Her]

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