Talk to Her
Screening: 1st December 2003
Spain 2002 (subtitles)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Leading players ~ Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor
Watling.
Synopsis
Pedro Almodóvar takes on a simple everyday tale of Marco (a travel writer) and Benigno (a nurse), who meet at Benigno’s private clinic. Marco has taken his girlfriend, Lydia, a bullfighter, (of course), who has been gored into unconsciousness, to the clinic for treatment. Benigno spends his days caring for Alicia, a young ballet student who may or may not be his lover. The narrative makes use of flashbacks to develop the characters and gradually, through the revelations of their past to discover the future.* * * * * *
Improbable? Perhaps, but a rich weave of narrative that is as accomplished as it is lonely. Talk To Her is a story about the friendship between two men but it is about so much more. Words are god here as conversation and silence roam strongly throughout the film. Talk To Her celebrates the power of words and their role as weapons of attack against the ills of society and the problems man causes within it. The film works because it and the characters within it work.
