Hable con ella (2002)

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Writer:

Pedro Almodóvar (writer)

Release Date:

15 March 2002 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for their girlfriends who are both in deep comas.

Plot Keywords:

Coma | Nurse | Ballet | Theater | Hospital

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 32 wins & 28 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Talk to Her (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

112 min | Turkey:104 min (TV version)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Austria:16 (Steiermark) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:L | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain

Company:

El Deseo S.A.

Trivia:

The character of Benigno is based on Pedro Almodóvar's close friend Roberto Benigni.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Katerina Bilova: Nothing is simple. I'm a ballet mistress, and nothing is simple.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)

Soundtrack:

Raquel

Talk to Her-Almodovar goes left field-with tragedy and emotion in brilliant fashion!!

Rating **** out of ****

Spanish Writer-Director Pedro Almodovar is a filmmaker that always captures strange, and honest moments within his characters emotions-especially women. Such films as "All About My Mother", and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" support this, but in Almodovar's latest film "Talk To Her"--he does something a little different by making men the protagasnits. It's brilliant, unique, and creative filmmaking at its best. However beneath all the brilliance is a lovely, sweet film that is charming in its own little way.

Almodovar crafts "Talk to Her" with a style that is unique in color and tone, and it has behavioral exposition that is far more mature and tonally sustained than anything he's done before. But the plot is insane as anything that Almodovar's has done before, which makes the movie more of a career-peak change, its a masterpiece constructed on the solid foundation of everything he's previously tried and learned. The movie's great, bad-boy conceit is that its two heroes, wounded-in-love journalist Marco (Dario Grandinetti) and naive nurse Benigno (Javier Camara), are hopelessly in love with women they can't communicate with -- and that really gives the two guys something to talk about, as well as a base for the strongest of friendships. Not that their women are intentionally unreachable; both, you see, are in comas.

By the end of this crazy, heart-thrilling tale, Almodovar has delivered us through un unexpecting film of humor, human emotions, specific human connections, remorse, and philosophies. "Talk to Her" is more than just a run of a talked about foreign film, and having Oscar-Nomination potential-it is one of the best movies of 2002.