We're at a modern dance production, arranged by the German choreographer Pina Bausch. Sitting next to one another in the audience are two strangers, male nurse Benigno (Cلmara) and Argentinean travel guide author Marco (Grandinetti), who's moved to tears by the spectacle.

Months later the paths of the two men cross again at a private medical clinic. Benigno is devotedly caring for a comatose young ballet student Alicia (Watling), whilst Marco is visiting his bullfighter girlfriend Lydia (Flores), gored so badly in the ring that she has been reduced to a persistent vegetative state.

An unexpected companionship begins when the strangely childlike Benigno suggests to the grieving Dario: "Talk to her".

Almodَvar's 14th feature is an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work. It explores the pain of loneliness and loss, observes the difficulties of emotional communication between the sexes, but simultaneously celebrates the joy of friendship and art.

The film's complex narrative, which is divided into three unequal sections as well as shifting forwards and backwards in time, is interspersed with a number of scintillating sequences.

There's the eroticism of Lydia being fitted into her ceremonial costume, the open-air, night-time recital of Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, and the clever seven-minute silent film "The Shrinking Lover", where the diminutive protagonist explores the contours of his lover's anatomy. (The female body belongs here to "Sex and Lucia" actress Paz Vega). Shot in warm, vivid tones by cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe, "Talk to Her" is a film of exceptional compassion and generosity.(Summary from BBC Films Reviews)

Writer-director Pedro Almodَvar makes another masterpiece with Talk to Her, his first film since the wonderful All About My Mother. Marco (Dario Grandinetti) is in love with Lydia (Rosario Flores), a female bullfighter who is gored by a bull and sent into a coma. In the hospital, Marco crosses paths with Benigno (Javier Camara), a male nurse who looks after another coma patient, a young dancer named Alicia (Leonor Watling). From Benigno's gentle attentiveness to Alicia, Marco learns to take care of Lydia... but from there, the story goes in directions that deftly manage to be sad, hopeful, funny, and creepy, sometimes at the same time. The rich human empathy of Almodَvar's recent films is passionate, heartbreaking, intoxicating--there aren't enough adjectives to praise this remarkable filmmaker, who is at the height of his powers. Talk to Her is superb, with outstanding performances from all involved. --Bret Fetzer (Editorial Reviews, Amazon.com)--

Cast overview:

Javier Cلmara .... Benigno
Darيo Grandinetti .... Marco Zuloaga
Leonor Watling .... Alicia
Rosario Flores .... Lydia
Geraldine Chaplin .... Katerina Bilova
Mariola Fuentes .... Rosa
Roberto ءlvarez .... Doctor
Adolfo Fernلndez (I) .... Niٌo de Valencia
Fele Martيnez .... Alfredo
Paz Vega .... Amparo
Elena Anaya .... Angela
Lola Dueٌas .... Matilde
Ana Fernلndez .... Lydia's Sister
Chus Lampreave .... Concierge
Loles Leَn .... TV Presenter