Talk to Her

• Javier Cámara: Benigno Martin
• Darío Grandinetti: Marco Zuluaga
• Leonor Watling: Alicia
• Rosario Flores: Lydia González
• Mariola Fuentes: Pink
• Geraldine Chaplin: Katerina Bilova

Talk to Her (Original Title: Hable con ella ) is a Spanish film drama from 2002 Pedro Almodóvar directed and wrote the screenplay, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti and. .

Action

Benigno and Alicia

The Spaniard Benigno cares for 15 years to his mentally ill mother, with his Swedish father, he has long since lost contact. He lives with his mother to a ballet school. When he looks out the window, he can watch the students while dancing. In one of these students, Alicia, he falls in love. This, the daughter of a psychiatrist who knows nothing of his love. In order to get closer to it goes Benigno in the psychological clinic of her father.

As Benigno Alicia wants to go after the death of his mother, he learns that this is caused by a traffic accident in a vegetative state. Benigno, who works as a nurse is hired by Alicia's father, to take care of them, what is the best time of his life for him, as he himself says.

Marco and Lydia

The Argentine Marco Zuluaga has worked as a journalist in Spain. After seeing the Torera Lydia on TV, he wants to write an article about it and learns it by know. Between Marco and Lydia, a love relationship develops. Both help this contact to deal with their previous love relationships.

A few months later stands for Lydia before a bullfight, in which she is seriously injured and falls into a coma. In the hospital, Marco friends with Benigno and learns from this that he was four years lovingly cares for Alicia, she doctored among other things and talking to her. Da Marco has difficulty staying with Lydia in emotional contact, advises Benigno Marco to talk to Lydia as well. Just before Marco is able to open up to Lydia, he learns of Lydia's former lover Niño that this and Lydia have reconciled just before her last bullfight. Marco is disappointed and travels to Jordan, there to work on a guide.

In Jordan, he reads in the newspaper of Lydia's death and calls the hospital to learn more about it. It is said to him, Benigno no longer working at the hospital, Alicia was pregnant, Benigno was accused that he had Alicia abused, he is now sitting in jail.

Marco travels to Spain, visited Benigno in prison and moves into his apartment, which is furnished with a loud things that remind you of Alicia. Benigno want to know how it's Alicia and whether the child was born.

Marco finds out that Alicia had a stillbirth, but this is out of a coma and is now busy with her rehabilitation. He will report Benigno them, but his lawyer advises him off.

The next morning, Marco receives a message announcing the Benigno he wanted to " escape from prison " by sending itself through the taking of tablets into a coma in order to always be with Alicia can. Instant runs Marco to the prison to inform him Alicia had awakened. However, Benigno 's already dead

Marco and Alicia

Marco meets in the theater on Alicia, who is accompanied by her ballet teacher Katerina Bilova. They developed a new love relationship offing.

Background

The film came in the Spanish cinema, where he recorded at the start weekend over a million euros on 15 March 2002. Overall, the box office was in Spain about 6.2 million euros. Between March and October 2002 launched the film in other European countries. In Italy he played a 5.69 million euros, 2.32 million euros in Germany and in France 12.61 million U.S. dollars. In the U.S., where the film started off on 22 November 2002, he played a 9.2 million U.S. dollars. With a total box office earnings of 51 million dollars saying goes with her ​​to be commercially successful.

Soundtrack

Reviews

• "After the world's award-winning All About My Mother ', he has in turn created a sensitive, poignant and daring work. From the critically- praised, this psychologically compelling drama about love, death and loneliness especially when supporters of European cinemas head should be well received. "(Video week)

• " This tender and insane film after an Academy Award and the highest international award winning, All About My Mother " ( 1999), the new masterpiece of a wild, melodramatic, lucid filmmaker, in which even Geraldine Chaplin is great in a succinct supporting role. " ( Focus on Film )

Awards

The film was extremely successful and has won many film awards. Talk to her won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for the division Almodóvar Best Director, but could not prevail against Roman Polanski's The Pianist itself. With the Golden Globe, the film was awarded in the category Best Foreign Language Film. The British Academy Film Award he won for Best Foreign Language Film and for Best Screenplay. Satellite Awards, the film received in the categories of Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. Almodóvar was also nominated for Best Director.

At the award ceremony of the European Film Awards 2002 Say was with her as the big winner, as the film in key categories Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as well as the audience awards for directing and Actor ( Javier Cámara ) was able to prevail. Javier Cámara was also nominated for the regular price for Best Actor, but had to concede defeat to the Italians Sergio Castellitto, who was honored for his performance in the two films Mostly Martha and L' ora di religione. Also Javier Aguirresarobe was nominated for Best Cinematography.

The film won the César Award for Best European Film, the award of the Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma for Best Foreign Film, the Czech Lion for Best Foreign Language Film, Best National Board of Review Award in the foreign film category and was in the same category for the Guldbagge and the Premi David di Donatello nominations.

The Goya, Spain's most important film award, Say was with her once, for Best Original Score. The film was nominated in six other categories, including Best Picture and Best Director.