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Talk to Her

English Poster for Hable con ella
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Agustín Almodóvar
Michel Ruben
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring Javier Cámara
Darío Grandinetti
Leonor Watling
Geraldine Chaplin
Rosario Flores
Music by Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography Javier Aguirresarobe
Editing by José Salcedo
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
(USA)
Warner Sogefilms
(Spain)
20th Century Fox
(Argentina)
Pathé
(France)
Release date(s) Flag of Spain 15 March 2002
Flag of the United States 25 December 2002 (limited)
Flag of Canada 25 December 2002
Running time 112 min. Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Javier Cámara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish Actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar film Hable con ella ( Darío Grandinetti (born March 5, 1959 in Rosario) is an Argentine actor Leonor Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975) is a Spanish film Actress and Singer. Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award -nominated actress and the daughter of Charlie Rosario Flores (born November 4, 1963) is a two-time Latin Grammy Award -winning Spanish singer and actress Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born San Sebastián, 1955 is a Spanish composer Javier Aguirresarobe (born Eibar, 1 January 1948) is a Spanish Cinematographer. José Salcedo is a Spanish film editor with over 120 films to his credit as well as 17 nominations and wins of film-making awards Sony Pictures Classics is one of two specialty film divisions of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the other being Screen Gems (which produces more genre-specific fare Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Country Flag of Spain Spain
Language Spanish
Budget n/a
Gross revenue $51,001,550 (worldwide)
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Talk to Her (Spanish: Hable con ella) is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Javier Cámara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish Actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar film Hable con ella ( Darío Grandinetti (born March 5, 1959 in Rosario) is an Argentine actor Leonor Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975) is a Spanish film Actress and Singer. Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award -nominated actress and the daughter of Charlie Rosario Flores (born November 4, 1963) is a two-time Latin Grammy Award -winning Spanish singer and actress It won the 2002 Academy Award for Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and the 2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony

The film's themes include the difficulty of communication between the sexes, loneliness and intimacy, secrets and infidelity, and the persistence of love beyond loss. See also Adultery Infidelity can be defined as any violation of the mutually agreed-upon rules or boundaries of a relationship and is a breach of faith in an inter-personal

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Plot

Benigno (literally meaning "benign" or "harmless" in Spanish) and Marco cross paths when they both attend the same dance performance, only to eventually meet again at a private clinic where Benigno works. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic A clinic (or an outpatient clinic) is a small private or public health facility that is devoted to the care of Outpatients, often in a community in contrast There he is the personal nurse and caregiver of Alicia, a beautiful dance student who lies in a coma and with whom Benigno has become obsessed. A nurse is responsible—along with other Health care Professionals —for the treatment safety and recovery of acutely or chronically In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. Marco, a journalist and travel writer, is at the clinic to visit his girlfriend Lydia, a famous matador who is also comatose after being gored by a bull. "Matador" redirects here For other uses see Matador (disambiguation. In Medicine, a wound is a type of Injury in which the Skin is torn cut or punctured (an open wound or where blunt force trauma As the men stand vigil over these women, the story unfolds in a flashback and flash forward motif, telling the lives of the four with respect to their relationships. In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current In literature film television and other media a flashforward or flash-forward (also called Prolepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the Narrative Marco leaves Lydia when her previous lover informs him that they had reunited a month before Lydia's accident.

Marco leaves Spain for Jordan to write a tourist guide, where he reads in a newspaper that Lydia has died in her coma. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern

Meanwhile, Benigno is accused of raping Alicia, who is discovered to be pregnant, believing their contact to be love. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. It is not revealed whether Benigno is guilty of raping her, but it is strongly implied. Benigno is put into prison for this, and a short time later he ingests a large quantity of pills to try to put himself into a coma, thus reuniting himself with Alicia. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of However, the pills kill Benigno. Ironically Alicia wakes up during or sometime after childbirth. Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a Human Pregnancy or The baby is stillborn, and Alicia begins rehabilitation to recover her walking ability. The film ends with Marco, sitting two rows in front of Alicia, turning around and smiling at her for a moment, and then turning back around.

The play "Trenches", by Alicia's dance teacher, mirrors the events that unfold in the movie. In the play, whenever a soldier dies, a ballerina rises from the body. In the movie, when Benigno dies, Alicia (a ballerina herself) is reborn and rises.

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Preceded by
No Man's Land		 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
2003		 Succeeded by
Osama
Preceded by
Amores Perros		 BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
2002		 Succeeded by
In This World

"The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British The Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF is an international Film festival held annually in Bangkok, Thailand, since 2003 The Bodil Awards are the major Danish Film awards, given Annually by the Denmark's National Association of Film Critics ( Filmedarbejderforeningen The Bogey Awards is a series of German film awards The award is based on the number of people seeing a film within a given time frame The Czech Lion awards (Český lev are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in Filmmaking and Television. The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain 's main national Film awards considered the Spanish equivalent to the American The Los Angeles Film Critics Association ("LAFCA" was founded in 1975 The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor The Russian Guild of Film Critics is a Russian organization of professional Film critics It has been a member of FIPRESCI since 1999. The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and The Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC was founded to represent Vancouver 's print, On-line and Broadcast media and honours the best in "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. No Man's Land ( Ničija zemlja) is a Tragicomedy war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war in 1993. The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony Osama (أسامة is a 2003 film made in Afghanistan. It tells a story about a young girl who disguises as a boy Osama that exposes the cruelty of the Amores perros is a Mexican Film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu in 2000 This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British In This World is a 2002 British Docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom.
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