Movies / Talk to Her (2002) aka Hable con ella
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Spain
Pedro Almodóvar follows his international success All About My Mother with an offbeat drama that explores the friendship of two men brought together under unusual but strangely similar circumstances. Benigno (Javier Camára) is a male nurse whose apartment overlooks a dance studio run by Katerina (Geraldine Chaplin); he often sits on his balcony and watches one of Katerina's students, Alicia (Leonor Watling), and he finds himself becoming infatuated with her. When Alicia is severely injured in an auto accident that leaves her in a coma, Benigno discovers she has been admitted to the hospital where he works, and he spends his days caring for a woman he now deeply loves but has barely met. Marco (Darío Grandinetti) is a journalist who was assigned to interview Lydia (Rosario Flores), a well-known female bullfighter whose on-the-rocks romance with another toreador, "El Niño de Valencia" (Adolfo Fernández), has made her the focus of the tabloid press. During Marco's interview with Lydia, he goes out of his way to treat her kindly, and she appears to return his attention. During the bullfight which follows, Lydia is gored by the bull, and is now in a coma; Marco is certain his interview broke her steely concentration, and he spends most of his days at the hospital, convinced her injuries are his fault. Alicia and Lydia are both housed in the same ward of the same hospital, and in time Benigno and Marco become close friends, bonding in their shared devotion to women who cannot return their affection. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Pedro Almodóvar | ... |
Writers (1) | Credit |
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Pedro Almodóvar | ... |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Alberto Iglesias | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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José Salcedo | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Javier Aguirresarobe | ... |
Actors (83) | Credit |
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Adela Donamaría | Recepcionista psiquiatra |
Adolfo Fernández | Niño de Valencia |
Agustín Almodóvar | Cura |
Aida Vainieri | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Alejandro Tous | (uncredited) |
Ana Fernández | Hermana de Lydia |
Ana Sanz | Empleada Academia de baile |
Andrey Berezin | Bailarín 'Masurca fogo' |
Ángel Infante | Yiyo (as Angel Infantes 'Yiyo') |
Azusa Seyama | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Barbara Hampel | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Beatriz Santiago | Enfermera A |
Ben Lindbergh | Ben |
Benoit Causse | Bailarín Academia |
Caetano Veloso | Singer at party - "Cucurrucucú Paloma" |
Carlos García Cambero | Cuñado de Lydia |
Carlos Miguel | Oficial (as Carlos Miguel Miguel) |
Carmen Machi | Enfermera Jefe |
Catalina Arteaga | Profesora Danza |
Cecilia Roth | Invitada fiesta (uncredited) |
Chus Lampreave | Portera |
Cristiana Morganti | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Daphnis Kokkinos | Bailarín 'Masurca fogo' |
Darío Grandinetti | Marco Zuluaga |
Ditta Jasjfi | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Dominique Mercy | Bailarín 'Café Müller' / 'Masurca fogo' |
Elena Anaya | Ángela |
Elena Benarroch | Invitada fiesta (uncredited) |
Esther García | Oficial |
Fabien Prioville | Bailarín 'Masurca fogo' |
Fele Martínez | Alfredo |
Fernando Guillén Cuervo | Doctor (uncredited) |
Fernando Iglesias | Swimmer (uncredited) |
Fernando Suels | Bailarín 'Masurca fogo' |
Geraldine Chaplin | Katerina Bilova |
Helio Pedregal | Padre de Alicia |
Isaac Monllor | Bailarín Academia |
Ismael Martínez | Enfermero |
Jaime Fernández-Cid Buscató | Sacristan Boda (uncredited) |
Javier Cámara | Benigno Martín |
Javier Conde | Torero (uncredited) |
Jean-Laurent Sasportes | Bailarín 'Café Müller' |
Joaquín Abad | Enfermero de la sala (uncredited) |
Jorge Puerta | Bailarín 'Masurca fogo' |
Joserra Cadiñanos | Director Hospital |
José Sancho | Agente Niño de Valencia |
Juan Fernández | Director Prisión |
Julie Shanahan | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Lara Hernandorena | Bailarina Academia |
Leonor Watling | Alicia |
Lola Dueñas | Matilde |
Lola García | Recepcionista Hospital |
Loles León | Presentadora de TV |
Lucía Barbadillo | Bailarina Academia |
Malou Airaudo | Bailarine 'Café Müller' (Dancer) |
Mamen Segovia | Nurse B (uncredited) |
Marina Jiménez | Bailarina Academia |
Mariola Fuentes | Rosa |
Marisa Paredes | Invitada fiesta (uncredited) |
Martirio | Invitada fiesta (uncredited) |
Melanie Maurin | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Michael Strecker | Bailarín 'Café Müller' / 'Masurca fogo' |
Michel Ruben | Abogado |
Miguel Ángel Bolo | Bailarín Academia |
Natalia Rook | Bailarina Academia |
Nazareth Panadero | Bailarín 'Café Müller' |
Paola Dominguín | Invitada fiesta (uncredited) |
Paz Vega | Amparo |
Pina Bausch | Bailarina 'Café Müller' |
Rainer Behr | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Raquel Aguilera | Bailarina Academia |
Raquel Rey | Bailarina Academia |
Raúl Montes | Bailarín Academia |
Rayco Cano | Bailarín Academia |
Regina Advento | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Roberto Álvarez | Doctor |
Rosario Flores | Lydia González |
Ruth Amarante | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Sonia Grande | Madre de Alfredo |
Stephen Brinkmann | Bailarina 'Masurca fogo' |
Vicente Palomo | Bailarín Academia |
Víctor Matos | Pianista |
Yuyi Beringola | Recepcionista abogado (uncredited) |