Talk to Her

Two men become friends after fate tragically strikes their women and put them in comatose at a clinic facility. Marco reaches out to Lydia so he can writer a paper about her for his magazine. Lydia is a “Matador” in Spain. Months later they are very much involved until a fight turns out badly for Lydia. The bull runs straight into her and leaves her paralyze and in coma. Alicia was a young talented dancer that Benigno carries an obsession to. He was more than happy to taking care of her when her father calls upon him to caring after her. Alicia is her special patient. They only met once when the young woman was normal. As she is lying there unconscious, Benigno talks to her about everything. However, misfortune happens to the two men. Marco has to walk away from Lydia as he learns from her ex that they were going back priory to the tragedy. And Benigno is charged of rape as they discover the pregnancy of Alicia. Once in prison, he only knows that the fetus was dead upon birth; but not that he wakes up the young woman that is slowly recovery. He dies in an escaping attempt.
This movie crosses themes such as love, obsession, and caring. Benigno is clearly obsessed over Alicia. He follows her to her house and even pretends to be mentally ill to enter her father’s resident. That pushes him to devote this special caring for her. It really provides the movie with a special touch how he talks to her about his activities. The part that Benigno talks about the shrinking man living inside of the woman is very evocative. It is almost one could predict he was going to do a parallel action.
The screenplay of this movie is clearly very different from a typical Hollywood one. The film begins with a couple’s story and the other catch up on the way. The cover story of the film is about Benigno, the nurse and his love interest toward Alicia. However, the beginning is with Lydia and Marco. This confuses me as of I was waiting to see which one of the two women that is going to wake up from their comatose. I was closing on Lydia to be the winner for being the character with the most appearing. And it forces me out of track to see her die. A simple report on a newspaper is enough to publicize the matter.
On another level, this movie carries a very strong sensual mood. The part when everyone gathers around the singer provides a very good feeling. One can see through the eyes of Lydia that she feels something for this man. The slow pace works perfectly to enchant the moment between the two characters.
Anyway, this is a very good movie with plenty of sensually and beautiful panoramic view. I can see that someone who used to the straight continuity style of Hollywood, would feel confuse and left out by the ending and some "unresolved aspects."