Talk to Her

Plot

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

Release Year: 2002

Rating: 8.0/10 (48,737 voted)

Critic's Score: 86/100

Director:
Pedro Almodóvar

Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti

Storyline
After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny.

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

Details

Official Website:
Official site [France] |
Sony Pictures Classics |

Release Date: 15 March 2002

Filming Locations: Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain

Opening Weekend: €1,099,000
(Spain)
(17 March 2002)
(276 Screens)

Gross: $12,610,067
(France)
(7 October 2003)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min
 |
Turkey: 104 min
(TV version)

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#01, tied with "Mies vailla menneisyyttä")

Quotes:

Marco Zuluaga:
Love is the saddest thing when it goes away, as a song by Jobim goes.

User Review

Very beautiful and compelling, but perhaps not for every one.

Rating: 9/10


I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I watched 'Hable Con
Ella'. All I knew was that it was directed by Pedro Almodovar, who is
considered as one of the biggest talents outside of Hollywood. Well, he
certainly has some talent. A talent to make movies that are not always
easy to watch, but certainly thought provoking, beautiful, compelling
and stylish.

'Hable Con Ella' tells the story of two men who are in love with a
woman in a coma and how they both handle this in a different way. They
meet each other in the hospital with a beautiful friendship between the
two men as a result.

Pedro Almodovar is some kind of artist who likes to paint with words
and images. As a result you get a beautiful tale about obsession, love,
friendship and desperation, which may not be to everybody's taste
because of the bizarre subject, but which certainly touched me. It's
very original and I would recommend it to everybody who isn't afraid to
watch a movie with a special subject. I give it a 9/10