Talk to Her (2002)
Coming Out at 15 March 2002 in theaters.
“Hable con ella”
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Talk to Her is drama written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, and Rosario Flores. The film follows two men who form an unlikely friendship as they care for two women who are both in comas. The film’s themes include bodily autonomy and violation, the boundary between life and death, versions of love predicated on possession, and gender, gaze, voyeurism, passivity, agency, complicity, obsession, and psychoanalysis.
The film was a critical and commercial success, winning the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film while Almodóvar won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It is now generally regarded as one of the best films of the 2000s.
The story unfolds in flashbacks, giving details of two separate relationships that become intertwined with each other.
During a performance of Café Müller, a dance-theatre piece by Pina Bausch, Benigno Martín and Marco Zuluaga cross paths, but the two men are no more than strangers. Still, Benigno notices that Marco cries.
Marco is a journalist and travel writer who happens to see a TV interview with Lydia González, a famous matador. He thinks that an article on her would be interesting and, on the instructions of his editor, he contacts her in a bar, where she asks him to take her to her house. As they talk, she elaborates on the fact that she broke up with her boyfriend “el Niño de Valencia”, another matador, something that has been all over the tabloids. As Marco confesses that he knows nothing of bullfighting and that he is a journalist, she becomes angry and leaves his car without saying a word. As he drives off, he hears a scream inside her house and stops; Lydia rushes off and climbs back into his car: she asks him to kill a snake that she found in her house. He does so and comes out of the house crying.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Mariola Fuentes, Geraldine Chaplin
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 Vega |
Elena Anaya | … | Ángela |
Lola Dueñas | … | Matilde |
Adolfo Fernández | … | Niño de Valencia |
Ana Fernández | … | Hermana de Lydia |
Chus Lampreave | … | Portera |
Loles León | … | Presentadora de TV |
Fele Martínez | … | Alfredo |
Helio Pedregal | … | Padre de Alicia |
José Sancho | … | Agente Niño de Valencia |
Paz Vega | … | Amparo |
Beatriz Santiago | … | Enfermera A |
Juan Fernández | … | Director Prisión |
Carmen Machi | … | Enfermera Jefe |
Ismael Martínez | … | Enfermero |
Joserra Cadiñanos | … | Director Hospital |
Ángel Infantes | … | Yiyo |
Agustín Almodóvar | … | Cura |
Adela Donamaría | … | Recepcionista psiquiatra |
Carlos García Cambero | … | Cuñado de Lydia |
Esther García | … | Oficial |
Lola García | … | Recepcionista Hospital |
Sonia Grande | … | Madre de Alfredo |
Ben Lindbergh | … | Ben |
Carlos Miguel | … | Oficial |
Michel Ruben | … | Abogado |
Ana Sanz | … | Empleada Academia de baile |
Jean-Laurent Sasportes | … | Bailarín ‘Café Müller’ |
Nazareth Panadero | … | Bailarín ‘Café Müller’ |
Dominique Mercy | … | Bailarín ‘Café Müller’ / ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Michael Strecker | … | Bailarín ‘Café Müller’ / ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Ruth Amarante | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Aida Vainieri | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Rainer Behr | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Stephen Brinkmann | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Jorge Puerta | … | Bailarín ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Daphnis Kokkinos | … | Bailarín ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Fernando Suels | … | Bailarín ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Fabien Prioville | … | Bailarín ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Cristiana Morganti | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Julie Shanahan | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Melanie Maurin | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Ditta Jasjfi | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Azusa Seyama | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Barbara Hampel | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Regina Advento | … | Bailarina ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Andrey Berezin | … | Bailarín ‘Masurca fogo’ |
Catalina Arteaga | … | Profesora Danza |
Víctor Matos | … | Pianista |
Raquel Aguilera | … | Bailarina Academia |
Vicente Palomo | … | Bailarín Academia |
Lucía Barbadillo | … | Bailarina Academia |
Raquel Rey | … | Bailarina Academia |
Miguel Ángel Bolo | … | Bailarín Academia |
Raúl Montes | … | Bailarín Academia |
Rayco Cano | … | Bailarín Academia |
Natalia Rook | … | Bailarina Academia |
Lara Hernandorena | … | Bailarina Academia |
Benoit Causse | … | Bailarín Academia |
Isaac Monllor | … | Bailarín Academia |
Marina Jiménez | … | Bailarina Academia |
Joaquín Abad | … | Enfermero de la sala |
Elena Benarroch | … | Invitada Fiesta |
Yuyi Beringola | … | Recepcionista abogado |
Javier Conde | … | Torero |
Paola Dominguín | … | Invitada fiesta |
Jaime Fernández-Cid Buscató | … | Sacristan Boda |
Fernando Guillén Cuervo | … | Doctor |
Fernando Iglesias | … | Swimmer |
Martirio | … | Invitada fiesta |
Juan Carlos Martínez Antuña | … | Mozo de espadas |
Marisa Paredes | … | Invitada Fiesta |
Cecilia Roth | … | Invitada fiesta |
Mamen Segovia | … | Nurse B |
Alejandro Tous | … | Funcionario prisión |
José María Yazpik | … | Extra |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia