Talk to Her (2002)

Synopsis of Talk to Her

Pedro Almodóvar follows his international success All About My Mother with an offbeat drama that explores the friendship of two men brought together under unusual but strangely similar circumstances. Benigno (Javier Camára) is a male nurse whose apartment overlooks a dance studio run by Katerina (Geraldine Chaplin); he often sits on his balcony and watches one of Katerina's students, Alicia (Leonor Watling), and he finds himself becoming infatuated with her. When Alicia is severely injured in an auto accident that leaves her in a coma, Benigno discovers she has been admitted to the hospital where he works, and he spends his days caring for a woman he now deeply loves but has barely met. Marco (Darío Grandinetti) is a journalist who was assigned to interview Lydia (Rosario Flores), a well-known female bullfighter whose on-the-rocks romance with another toreador, "El Niño de Valencia" (Adolfo Fernández), has made her the focus of the tabloid press. During Marco's interview with Lydia, he goes out of his way to treat her kindly, and she appears to return his attention. During the bullfight which follows, Lydia is gored by the bull, and is now in a coma; Marco is certain his interview broke her steely concentration, and he spends most of his days at the hospital, convinced her injuries are his fault. Alicia and Lydia are both housed in the same ward of the same hospital, and in time Benigno and Marco become close friends, bonding in their shared devotion to women who cannot return their affection. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

114 mins

Director(s):

Pedro Almodóvar

Writer(s):

Pedro Almodóvar

Producer(s):

Agustín Almodóvar

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Adult Language, Nudity, Sexual Situations)

• 2002 - European Film Academy - Best European Film
• 2002 - European Film Academy - Best European Screenplay
• 2002 - European Film Academy - Best European Director
• 2002 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Film from the European Union
• 2002 - Golden Globe - Best Foreign Language Film
• 2002 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Foreign Language Film
• 2002 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Director
• 2002 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Foreign Film
• 2002 - National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film
• 2002 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture (Runner-up)
• 2002 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Foreign Film
• 2002 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director (Runner-up)

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