Dir: Pedro Almodóvar
2002
*****
Talk to her is not quite a romance and not quite a thriller. It's not a common melodrama either, it's much more than that and it's definitely not a comedy, but it's not devoid of humour. It's a Pedro Almodóvar film, if you're familiar with his work then that is all you need to know. This is another example, following All about my Mother of his move to more serious film making in the early 2000's, it's also one of his most Spanish of films. His country and its culture are celebrated and explored, from the bloodshed of the Bull fight to the extraordinary contemporary choreography of the late great Pina Bausch, making this one of Almodovar's more personal films. It also worships and celebrates Women, something that he does quite frequently.
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