What is Talk to Her about?
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Talk to Her (2002)
Two men forge an intimate, melancholy bond while caring for comatose women, navigating bleak and earnest devotion.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Talk to Her parents guide
Strong sex and nudity, which is more than most R titles carry. Beyond that, some violence and some strong language.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byPedro Almodóvar
StarringJavier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Mariola Fuentes, Geraldine Chaplin
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