Underplayed Gems

Talk to Her (2002)

Talk to Her poster
Original title
Hable con ella
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
R
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 1,453 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two men form an unlikely friendship while caring for two different women who are in comas. The story explores their relationships and the connections formed through this shared experience.

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What happens

Talk To Her (Spanish: Hable Con Ella) is a 2002 Spanish psychological melodrama film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It stars 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 closing-night presentation at the 2002 New York Film Festival, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success, with singled-out praise towards its direction, performances and especially its screenplay. It won 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, marking one of the few times where a non-English-speaking film won this category. Talk To Her is generally regarded as one of the best films of the 2000s, one of the best films of the 21st century, as well as Almodóvar's magnum opus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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