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Talk To Her
2002
Following the success of his 1999 film, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar presents TALK TO HER. Driven by similar themes of fate, destiny, magic, and chance happenings, TALK TO HER is the tale of two men whose lives intertwine unpredictably. Benigno (Javier Camara) is a dedicated nurse working at a special .. Read more
| Starring | Rosario Flores, Elena Anaya, Geraldine Chaplin |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Talk To Her
Following the success of his 1999 film, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar presents TALK TO HER. Driven by similar themes of fate, destiny, magic, and chance happenings, TALK TO HER is the tale of two men whose lives intertwine unpredictably. Benigno (Javier Camara) is a dedicated nurse working at a special clinic for coma patients. He is responsible for Alicia (Leonor Watling), a student of modern dance who he met only once, four years earlier, before she fell into a coma. Happy, open-minded, and full of hope, Benigno brings an air of joy and love to the clinic. Meanwhile, Marco (Dario Grandinetti), a freelance journalist, has fallen in love with the famous female bullfighter Lydia (Rosario Flores). Though he does his best to be an attentive lover to her, he is haunted by his past, and is unable to step out of his own shell. When Lydia is gored and falls into a coma, placed in the same clinic as Alicia, Marco and Benigno instantly become friends. They are each other's perfect counterpart and it is immediately evident that they need each other and care for each other deeply. But it is not until after they part, and a new aspect of Benigno's personality surfaces, that the strength of their friendship is tested and proven.
Almodovar has created a true work of art with TALK TO HER. Its photography offers one clean colourful setting after another, its musical score is peppered with great moments such as a breathtaking performance of "Cucurrucucu paloma" by Caetano Veloso, and its inclusion of moving dance performances by Pina Bausch ("Cafe Muller" and "Masurca Fogo") bring an element of abstract sadness and beauty to the film.
| Starring | Rosario Flores, Elena Anaya, Geraldine Chaplin |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | Spanish |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Aug 2004 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Pedro Almodóvar's genius as a creator of memorable images takes centre stage in this intriguing and sometimes controversial insight into survival, male bonding and the nature of love. The emotional core forms around the friendship forged between nurse Javier Cámara and travel writer Darío Grandinetti, as they wait, respectively, for ballerina Leonor Watling and bullfighter Rosario Flores to emerge from their comas. Amid the shifting timeframes and perspectives, it's the stylised set pieces rather than the unfolding story that really fire the imagination — most notably the audacious silent movie pastiche The Diminishing Lover, Flores's pre-fight rituals and the recurrent musical interludes.
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"...TALK TO HER is very much a subversive film, one that takes its time creeping in under your skin. But once there, it's determined to stay awhile, to entice the mind into playing seditious games..."
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17 out of 21 people found this review helpful
You Talking To Me?
Every so often you watch a film that totally blows you away. Almodovar’s “Talk To Her” was one of those films. Marco is an Argentinean journalist living in Spain who in spite of his hunky demeanour has a potentially irritating tendency to cry in every other scene. His intense relationships with a male nurse, a female bullfighter and a comatose ballerina form the threads that weave this film together in an unnatural harmony reminiscent of modern classical dance. It is at the end of the day a film about love and I loved it – probably more than “All About My Mother” – but in fairness I watched that Almodovar movie in Spanish without subtitles and didn’t understand anything about who was talking to who.
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You Talking To Me?
Every so often you watch a film that totally blows you away. Almodovar’s “Talk To Her” was one of those films. Marco is an Argentinean journalist living in Spain who in spite of his hunky demeanour has a potentially irritating tendency to cry in every other scene. His intense relationships with a male nurse, a female bullfighter and a comatose ballerina form the threads that weave this film together in an unnatural harmony reminiscent of modern classical dance. It is at the end of the day a film about love and I loved it – probably more than “All About My Mother” – but in fairness I watched that Almodovar movie in Spanish without subtitles and didn’t understand anything about who was talking to who.
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Almodovar’s Brilliant Career- 25 Aug 2009
The name of Pedro Almodóvar’s production company is El Deseo: Desire films. It’s a quality much in evidence in the vividly carnal, erotic, outrageous and anguished melodramas in which he specializes. Desire – a word that contains lust, love, venality, revenge and ambition – propels his characters as they careen from crisis to crisis, which must be why Almodovar’s heroes and (more often) heroines are almost always in a state of heightened agitation. If we had an... Read more
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