Talk to Her
English Poster for Habla con ella
Directed by	Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by	Agustín Almodóvar
Written by	Pedro Almodóvar
Starring	Javier Cámara Darío Grandinetti Leonor Watling Geraldine Chaplin Rosario Flores
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics (USA)
Release date(s)	15 March 2002 25 December 2002 (limited) 25 December 2002
Running time	112 min.
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
IMDb profile

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. Image File history File links Talk_to_Her_English_movie_poster_fairuse. ... Perico Almodovar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Javier Cámara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). ... Darío Grandinetti (born 1959-03-05 in Rosario) is an Argentine actor. ... Leonor Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish film actress and singer. ... Geraldine Chaplin (born July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica, California) is an Anglo-American actress. ... Rosario Flores born November 4 1963 Madrid, Spain, is a Spanish actress. ... Sony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Perico Almodovar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Javier Cámara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). ... Darío Grandinetti (born 1959-03-05 in Rosario) is an Argentine actor. ... Leonor Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish film actress and singer. ... Geraldine Chaplin (born July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica, California) is an Anglo-American actress. ... Rosario Flores born November 4 1963 Madrid, Spain, is a Spanish actress. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... For the main article see Golden Globe Awards. ...

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. Look up infidelity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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 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. For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... A clinic or outpatient clinic is a small medical facility that provides health care for ambulatory patients - as opposed to inpatients treated in a hospital. ... This article is about the occupation. ... For other uses, see Coma (disambiguation). ... Matador Antonio Barrera in the capote de paseo (dress cape) before a bullfight during the 2003 Aste Nagusia festival in Bilbao, Spain A torero (roughly bull handler) is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. ... Superficial bullet wounds In medicine, a wound is a type of physical trauma wherein the skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). ... In literature, film, television and other media, a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. ... This article is about the narrative device. ...

Marco leaves Spain for Jordan to write a tourist guide, where he finds out in a local newspaper that Lydia had died in her coma.

Meanwhile, Benigno is accused of raping Alicia, 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 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. For other uses, see Love (disambiguation). ... Parturition redirects here. ... The expected result of pregnancy is the birth of a living child. ...

It is worthy to note that 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.

Awards

Won

• Academy Awards:
  • Best Original Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar)
• Argentinean Film Critics Association ("Silver Condor"): Best Foreign Film
• BAFTA Awards:
  • Best Film Not in the English Language
  • Best Original Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar)
• 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
• César Awards: Best European Union Film
• European Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar), Best Screenwriter (Pedro Almodóvar)
• 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)
• Uruguayan Film Critics Association: Best Film (tie)
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Film

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Nominations

• Academy Awards:
  • Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar)

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External links

• Hable con ella at the Internet Movie Database
• Review and discussion at kamera.co.uk
• Interview with Pedro Almodóvar about Talk to Her

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