Sunday, October 2, 2011

Almodovar's "Talk to Her"

The movie was wonderful throughout the whole thing. So many moving pieces and at the end they were all connected to each other. An intricate web connecting each of the characters life's together without them realizing it. Marco and Lydia's relationship was an unusual one from beginning to end. They Meet, because Marco wanted to write a story about her. A female bullfighter who was afraid of snakes; ironic. You never truly know what people are afraid of. While Marco was a very emotional person, always relating too what other were going through. That's why his friendship with Benigno worked out. Benigno was a interesting character, his background on how he got to where he was with Alicia, was a bit twisted. Benigno and Marco meet, because Lydia got into a coma after a bull and gored her. And Benigno started to take care of Alicia after she had got into a coma as well, even though they meet many times before. 
Benigno and Alicia's relationship is similar to Marco and Lydia's relationship, in the sense that a relationship is there, but at the same time there isn't one. Benigno thought that he and Alicia could get married, but couldn't because she was in a coma, and the relationship was one sided. Marco and Lydia, there was a consented relationship, but Lydia also wanted to and later did get back together with he Ex.
Everything here was unusual and highly socially unacceptable, but it still happened and was connected and affected each other.  

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