"Speak to Her": Please talk more to your lover

Benigno, a male nurse who did not know each other, and Marco, a writer, watched a stage play together in the theater. Marco was infected by the performance and wept silently. Benino, who was sitting on the side, was amazed. A few months later, the two met again in the hospital. At this time, the writer Ma Ke came to take care of his girlfriend who was in a coma and specialized in bullfighting. Benino was the nurse of the hospital, taking care of the female patient who was in a vegetative state all day. . Since then, the two have become good friends who can talk about everything. Benino taught Marco the conversation skills of caring for comatose patients, and Marco also learned about Benino's unknown story. Another few months later, writer Ma Ke received the news that the male nurse Benino was being held in prison, and immediately came to try to rescue him. Thus uncovering the cause and effect of a love story, but Marco still missed the opportunity at the last moment, Benino could not bear the tragic fate and prematurely ended his life.

The film is directed by Spanish heavyweight director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Argentine actors Dario Grandinetti and Javier Camara, and Rosario Flores as Bullfighter The image is resolute, powerful and stylish. The Spanish American actress Leonor Watling is sexy and naked in the film, and Geraldine Chaplin, the daughter of the comedy master Chaplin, makes a cameo as a dance teacher. In the Almodovar movie Regular guest Laura Dunas caught a glimpse at the beginning of the film and thought she would have a lot of scenes, but she disappeared afterward. The actress Selia Lovemao in "All About My Mother" seems to have a short shot in the film, with no lines.

This film is Almodovar's second Oscar for Best Original Screenplay after "All About My Mother" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000. In addition, the film has won more than 40 nominations in major awards around the world and won more than 20 awards, which can be regarded as a grand slam for Almodovar. The film was inspired by the late German dancer Pina Bausch's "Café Mueller", whose magical dance can be seen at the beginning and end of the film. While most of Almodóvar's films focus on women's issues, this one is uncharacteristically about two men. As Almodovar said, he has the character characteristics of the two men in the film, Benino and Marco, that is to say, Almodovar focused on himself this time. Although this is a pair of men with very different personalities, Benino tirelessly takes care of the person he loves, and speaks to the comatose patient every day. Marco also guards the bedside of his lover, but rarely expresses his emotions. But they all have a common characteristic, to pay attention to and love the lovers around them. It seems that the two take care of different people in different ways, but they are both doing the same thing to protect their lover. Of course, Benino ends up going to extremes, impregnating his comatose lover and getting himself in jail. However, the comatose patient was unexpectedly awakened, creating a miracle on earth. But Marco was alone and left the woman he loved silently, because there was someone else in the woman's heart. Benino ends up committing suicide for the one he loves, and Marco still wanders between confused emotions. Maybe this is the true portrayal of Almodovar's emotional world. Sometimes he will die for a woman, and sometimes he will endure silently for love.

It is worth mentioning that there is a black and white short film "The Shrinking Lover" written by Almodovar himself in the film, which can be described as a shocking work. A man drank his girlfriend's experimental potion, was reduced to a thumb, and continued to live with his girlfriend. After his girlfriend fell into a dream, he got into his girlfriend's lower body and gave her a fatal pleasure. Almodovar used such a small clip to complete the transfer process of male nurse Benino's love to his girlfriend, so as to express an extraordinary way of loving care. Just like when Pina performed a dance in "Mueller's Cafe", a man has been helping to clean up the chairs that are in the way, like an eagle caring for the eagle chick, afraid that his favorite will be hurt to the hair, and give the greatest care .

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