Hable con ella (original title)
IMDb: 7.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
15 | 1h 52min | Drama, Mystery, Romance | Spain
Director:
Pedro Almodóvar
Writer:
Pedro Almodóvar
Stars:
Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti
Two men share an odd
friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Talk to Her is a 2002 Spanish drama written and directed by Pedro
Almodóvar, and starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling,
Geraldine Chaplin, and Rosario Flores.
The film was a critical and commercial success, winning 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. It is now generally regarded as one of the best films of the 2000s.
Recherché.
Accolades – Wins:
2002 Academy Awards:
Best Original Screenplay - Pedro Almodóvar
Argentine Film Critics Association ("Silver
Condor"): Best Foreign Film
2003 BAFTA Awards:
Best Film Not in the English Language
Best Original Screenplay - Pedro Almodóvar
2003 Bangkok International Film Festival ("Golden
Kinnaree Award"): Best Film, Best Director - Pedro Almodóvar
Bodil Awards: Best Non-American Film
Bogey Awards: Bogey Award
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize: Best Foreign Language Film
Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain): Best Original Score -
Alberto Iglesias
Czech Lions: Best Foreign Language Film
2003 César Awards: Best European Union Film
European Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director (Pedro
Almodóvar), Best Screenwriter - Pedro Almodóvar
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics: Best Foreign Film
2003 Golden Globe Awards:
Best Foreign Language Film
Goya Awards (Spain): Best Original Score - Alberto Iglesias
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Director - Pedro
Almodóvar
Mexican Cinema Journalists ("Silver Goddess"): Best
Foreign Film
National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Film
Russian Guild of Film Critics ("Golden Aries"):
Best Foreign Film
Satellite Awards: Best Motion Picture: Foreign Language, Best
Original Screenplay - Pedro Almodóvar
Sofia International Film Festival: Audience Award – Best Film
Spanish Actors Union: Performance in a Minor Role: Female -
Mariola Fuentes
TIME Magazine: Best Film
Uruguayan Film Critics Association: Best Film (tie)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Film
Legacy
In 2005, Time magazine film critics Richard Corliss and
Richard Schickel included Talk to Her in their list of the All-TIME 100
Greatest Movies. Paul Schrader also placed the film at #46 on his canon of the
60 greatest films. In a 2016 BBC poll, critics voted the film the 28th greatest
since 2000.