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Talk to Her

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Talk to Her	comment	Talk to Her (Hable con ella) is a 2002 Spanish comedy-drama film by Pedro Almodóvar. It features Marco, a writer and Benigno an orderly, who both struggle with the implications of the women of their lives being stuck in a persistent vegetative state.The film begins with Marco, an otherwise tough and masculine man being brought to tears while seeing a ballet. Next to him is Benigno a sweet, harmless looking dude who is moved by Marco's reaction. They almost meet, but they don't.Next we see Benigno back at his job at the clinic, taking care of a very very pretty young girl in a coma, named Alicia. We quickly find out that he is deeply in love with her, and only works at this clinic to be close to her.We learn that Marco is a sad, sensitive man who pines for a lost love. He is given an assignment to interview a fiery but emotionally damaged woman named Lydia, who happens to be a bull fighter. Although their meeting is initially fraught, the two eventually hit it off and become lovers.Through a series of flash backs and flash forwards, we learn more about Marco's relationship with Lydia until she is gored by a bull and put in a coma.As it happens, Lydia and Alicia are in the same clinic and the Benigno remembers Marco from the ballet. Both of them are in the same situation, so they become friends.Their friendship and Marco's acceptance of Lydia's state is the focus of the film.
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Talk to Her / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Talk to Her / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Benigno, giving advice to Marco.
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Talk to Her / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
Talk to Her / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: Subverted with Marco. He ends up having a lot to cry about. And he does.
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Talk to Her / int_234fa9ba	type	Mayâ€“December Romance
Talk to Her / int_234fa9ba	comment	May–December Romance: Lydia notes that Marco's ex is much younger than he is. In the end, it's implied that the fortysomething Marco will get together with Alicia, who's in her twenties.
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Talk to Her / int_23781532	type	Ironic Name
Talk to Her / int_23781532	comment	Ironic Name: Benigno's name is Spanish for harmless, or benign, and is even referenced in one scene when he says to Alicia, "Don't worry. I'm harmless". It seems to fit him perfectly, until he rapes Alicia.
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Talk to Her / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Talk to Her / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Benigno's father left his family to start fresh in another country.
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Talk to Her / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Talk to Her / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: As Alicia's mother passed away a long time ago, her dance teacher acts as her mother figure and spoils her in and out of the hospital.
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Talk to Her / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Talk to Her / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Even though Lydia dies, Alicia eventually wakes up and it is strongly implied that Marco and Alicia end up together.
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Talk to Her / int_54321e11	type	Innocent Fanservice Girl
Talk to Her / int_54321e11	comment	Innocent Fanservice Girl: Even though Alicia is unconscious for almost the whole movie, she is presented in a notably erotic and/or sensual fashion, with several nude scenes. She sensually half-smiles through most of them.
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Talk to Her / int_561dab6b	type	Mistaken for Gay
Talk to Her / int_561dab6b	comment	Mistaken for Gay: Toyed around with (in the dramatic sense) in relation to Benigno, likely exposing the viewer's initial assumptions about the character in the process.
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Talk to Her / int_607a8bd2	type	Beastly Bloodsports
Talk to Her / int_607a8bd2	comment	Beastly Bloodsports: Lydia is a bullfighter. Her profession is not questioned, and may even add to her sex appeal.
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Talk to Her / int_62663d88	type	Men Don't Cry
Talk to Her / int_62663d88	comment	Men Don't Cry: Averted, in a way that manages to make the man crying much more sympathetic.
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Talk to Her / int_6382334a	type	Converse with the Unconscious
Talk to Her / int_6382334a	comment	Converse with the Unconscious: Benigno urges Marco to do so with Lydia, as he himself regularly does this with Alicia.
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Talk to Her / int_64e975cf	type	Manly Tears
Talk to Her / int_64e975cf	comment	Manly Tears: Marco sheds them quite often during the film.
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Talk to Her / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
Talk to Her / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: Seems like most of Almodovar's movies have Matadors in them. Just sayin'. The Deconstruction of various sexuality-related themes is a broader example.
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Talk to Her / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
Talk to Her / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: In a flashback, Alicia mentions to Benigno that her mother died a long time ago.
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Talk to Her / int_6b7e3069	type	Birth-Death Juxtaposition
Talk to Her / int_6b7e3069	comment	Birth-Death Juxtaposition: Played with. Alicia give birth to a stillborn child, but wakes from her coma (essentially coming back to life) because of it. However, Benigno dies shortly after.
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Talk to Her / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Talk to Her / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Lampshaded with Lydia, which is similar to the Spanish "lidia." For those who don't know Spanish and can't wait for google translate to load, lidia means bullfight. Lydia is a bullfighter.
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Talk to Her / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Talk to Her / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Benigno, though he wasn't exactly trying to commit suicide. He wanted to put himself in a coma, to be closer to Alicia.
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Talk to Her / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
Talk to Her / int_8ae880f7	comment	The Deconstruction of various sexuality-related themes is a broader example.
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Talk to Her / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
Talk to Her / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: Benigno's interaction with Alicia before she falls into a coma. He watches her dance practice from his apartment, follows her home, and books an appointment with her psychiatrist father just as an excuse to see her.
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Talk to Her / int_97ee273	type	Momma's Boy
Talk to Her / int_97ee273	comment	Momma's Boy: Benigno took care of his mother for practically his whole life, which helps make Alicia's father suspect that he's gay.
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Talk to Her / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Talk to Her / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The doctor informs Marco that miracle awakenings from comas are possible, citing a patient who fell into a coma for years after giving birth. Pregnancy will become key to getting Alicia out of her coma, too.
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Talk to Her / int_a5f0752f	type	Rule of Drama
Talk to Her / int_a5f0752f	comment	Rule of Drama: A lot of key things in the plot would only happen the movies. Alicia waking up due to her pregnancy for example.
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Talk to Her / int_b3aa5504	type	Convenient Coma
Talk to Her / int_b3aa5504	comment	Convenient Coma: Subverted. Lydia does die from her injuries without waking up, as predicted by the doctor. Alicia does wake up, however.
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Talk to Her / int_b5060b63	type	The Lad-ette
Talk to Her / int_b5060b63	comment	The Lad-ette: Alicia's father's secretary is quite coarse and rude and isn't shy about announcing that she just took a dump.
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Talk to Her / int_b59e09cd	type	Bifauxnen
Talk to Her / int_b59e09cd	comment	Bifauxnen: Lydia, Marco's girlfriend.
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Talk to Her / int_b5b5ba3c	type	Rape Portrayed as Redemption
Talk to Her / int_b5b5ba3c	comment	Rape Portrayed as Redemption: It's implied that the main reason that Alicia wakes up is the birth of her stillborn child.
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Talk to Her / int_b97c2cfb	type	Maybe Ever After
Talk to Her / int_b97c2cfb	comment	Maybe Ever After: The film ends with the surviving leads smiling at each other at the theater, with "Marco y Alicia" displayed on screen, as happened with the other couples.
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Talk to Her / int_bab7fceb	type	Incredible Shrinking Man
Talk to Her / int_bab7fceb	comment	Incredible Shrinking Man: There's a subplot where Benigno sees a silent movie where a scientist develops a shrinking serum. Her boyfriend drinks it, and then literally CRAWLS INSIDE HER VAGINA FOREVER.
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Talk to Her / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
Talk to Her / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: The sensual massage Benigno gives Alicia reeks of this despite her beautiful body, especially as it becomes clear he's about to rape her.
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Talk to Her / int_d0bf8a6d	type	No Periods, Period
Talk to Her / int_d0bf8a6d	comment	No Periods, Period: Averted. Alicia begins missing her period, which makes the doctors realize she's pregnant.
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Talk to Her / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Talk to Her / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Benigno has a moment like this with the clinic staff.
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Talk to Her / int_d46ddfa2	type	CloudCuckooLander
Talk to Her / int_d46ddfa2	comment	Cloud Cuckoolander: Sheltered Benigno's main reason for being sympathetic is that he doesn't really know any better. His disconnect with reality is so extreme it sends him into Deconstruction territory.
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Talk to Her / int_e6132e31	type	Old Flame
Talk to Her / int_e6132e31	comment	Old Flame: Lydia had a tempestuous relationship with another matador, which was all over the tabloids. Marco discovers that she was intending to return to him, which she never got a chance to tell him.
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Talk to Her / int_f604f64b	type	Dude, She's Like in a Coma
Talk to Her / int_f604f64b	comment	Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Two, both really in a coma, though strictly speaking only one is a girlfriend. Technically, neither of them are.
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Talk to Her / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Talk to Her / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Alicia was in a coma for a long time, was raped by someone meant to take care of her and was only awakened by the birth of her stillborn child. Meanwhile, Marco loses a lover as well as a friend, and there's nothing he can do about it. Fortunately, each has a Maybe Ever After in the other.
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Talk to Her / int_fb732731	type	FilmWithinAFilm
Talk to Her / int_fb732731	comment	Film Within a Film: "Amante Menguante" — the black and white silent movie sequence. Silent film hero Alfredo takes a potion and becomes so small that he ends up wandering around on the body of the sleeping Amparo. He goes for a walk on her breasts and even climbs inside her vagina, his attentions giving her sweet, sexual dreams.
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