Talk to Her (2002): Film Notes and Scores

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Spoiler-free premise

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

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Nurse Benigno cares for comatose dancer Alicia, while travel writer Marco keeps vigil beside bullfighter Lydia after an accident. The two men become friends through the hospital, though their relationships to the unconscious women differ profoundly.

Why it belongs

Talk to Her unites melodrama, dance, silent-film fantasy, and conscience-bound discomfort without flattening care, loneliness, or violation into one easy response.

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Javier Cámara and Darío Grandinetti bring care into sharp emotional focus while the film preserves ethical unease. Hospital routines, stage performances, Pina Bausch, Caetano Veloso, intimate framing, and an invented silent film connect bodies that cannot answer.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20

Academy Awards1 win2003 · official ceremony record ↗

Writing (Original Screenplay)2003 · Written by Pedro Almodóvarofficial ceremony record ↗

Golden Globes1 win2003 · official film record ↗

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language2003 · Talk To Herofficial film record ↗

BAFTA2 wins2003 · official BAFTA 2003 Film Awards results ↗

Original Screenplay2003 · Pedro Almodóvarofficial BAFTA 2003 Film Awards results ↗

Plus 1 additional win

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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