History Film / TalkToHer

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Lydia, Marco's girlfriend.

* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Two, both really in a coma, though strictly speaking [[spoiler: only one is a girlfriend]].
** [[spoiler: Technically, ''neither'' of them are.]]

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: There's a subplot where Benigno sees a silent movie where a scientist develops a shrinking serum. Her boyfriend drinks it, [[spoiler: and then literally [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs CRAWLS INSIDE HER VAGINA FOREVER]].]]

Their friendship and Marco's acceptence of Lydia's state is the focus of the film.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: There's a subplot where Benigno sees a silent movie where a scientist develops a shrinking serum. Her boyfriend drinks it, [[spoiler: and then literally [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs CRAWLS INSIDE HER VAGINA FOREVER]].]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Even though Lydia dies, Alicia eventually wakes up and it is strongly imlpied that Marco and Alicia end up together.]]

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Even though Alicia is unconscious for almost the whole movie, she is presented in a notably erotic and/or sensual fashon, with several nude scenes. [[spoiler: She sensually half-smiles through most of them.]]

* TheIncredibleShrinkingMan: There's a subplot where Benigno sees a silent movie where a scientist develops a shrinking serum. Her boyfriend drinks it, [[spoiler: and then literally [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs CRAWLS INSIDE HER VAGINA FOREVER]].]]

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: There's a subplot where Benigno sees a silent movie where a scientist develops a shrinking serum. Her boyfriend drinks it, [[spoiler: and then literally [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs CRAWLS INSIDE HER VAGINA FOREVER]].]]

''Talk to Her'' (''Hable con ella'') is a 2002 Spanish comedy-drama film by Creator/PedroAlmodovar. 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 states.

* MoralDissonance: Subverted. Only Almadovar could make Benigno such a sweet lovable guy regardless of what he does.

* AuthorAppeal: Seems like most of Almodovar's movies have Matadors in them. Just sayin'.
** It's a cultural thing.

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Played with. [[spoiler:Lydia give birth to a stillborn child, but wakes from her coma (essentially coming back to life) because of it. However, Benigno dies shortly after.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: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 MaybeAfterEver in the other.]]

%%* ConvenientComa
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious

* {{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.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Benigno has a moment like this with the clinic staff.]]

''Talk to Her'' (''Hable con ella'') is a Spanish language film by Creator/PedroAlmodovar. 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 states.

Their friendship and Marco's acceptence of Lydia's state is the focus of the film [[spoiler: until it is revealed that Alicia is pregnant and Benigno is accused of raping her.]]

Wait, what?

[[spoiler: That's right, [[{{Squick}} Alicia is pregnant!]] ]]

It gets worse.

* ConvenientComa

* [[MenDontCry Men Don't Cry]]: Averted, in a way that manages to make the man crying much more sympathetic.

''Talk to Her'' (''Hable con ella'') is a Spanish language film by Pedro Almodovar. 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 states.

* BittersweetEnding

* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler: Even though Lydia dies, Alicia eventually wakes up and it is strongly imlpied that Marco and Alicia end up together.]]

* {{Meaningful Name}}: Lampshaded with Lydia, which is similar to the Spanish "lidia."

* Meaningful Name: Lampshaded with Lydia, which is similar to the Spanish "lidia."

* StalkerWithACrush: 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 in order to see her.