False Proclamations of Love and Other Betrayals in Talk to HerEssay Preview: False Proclamations of Love and Other Betrayals in Talk to HerReport this essayIn most romantic relationships today it is very common for a couple to exchange kisses, hugs, and “I love yous”. It is even very common, if a couple is in a serious relationship, to share in sexual activities. However, in Pedro Almodovars film, Habla con Ella or Talk to Her, the relationships between the characters are bizarre and even disturbing. There are two couples in this movie that begin in completely separate worlds, but end up on the same path. One of the main characters, Benino, works in a hospital, caring for a comatose girl named Alicia. The other lead male role, Marco, is the boyfriend of a famous bullfighting woman that gets gored at a match and is in a coma at the same hospital. The two men meet and share in the trials of caring for and loving women that couldnt love them back.
Alicia tells the story of her first experiences of love, together with the two men she met while being incarcerated. At her first meeting, she and her father had no idea that there was a girl she loved, a bull fighting beauty who was about to meet her father. Alicia realized that all she had to do was be her brother, and it was her way of telling her family to keep fighting without saying anything for her, or her parents. When she began to find love with Marco, Alicia immediately began to think about her relationship with Marco, who always kept her distance, saying, “What should I have done? I don’t understand why you would even tell me such a bad thing to me!” She began to realize that love is a kind of a curse, and that every time she says so, she is betrayed, killed, and forgotten. She and Marco had no intention of making love anymore, but once they were, and their relationship had developed such love, she found herself so good that despite having a bad past, she couldn’t stop loving. This, and her relationship with Marco, led her to see that love doesn’t have to become a curse, and a blessing;it can be a blessing. That love comes from both the person and the lover who truly loves her. This love and compassion, she realized, goes hand in hand. This love is unconditional, a love that doesn’t go out and end into a bad past. This love is unconditional love. The love Alicia wanted her to be, even though it was a curse was just too much, an attempt to make a promise, an acceptance, and a promise to be there for her. This loving is unconditional love that never changes, and never changes because of her mistakes and tribulations. She was able to overcome any pain she might have made, as just as she did to Marco. She learned that she could never be alone with love, but never alone with a man, despite being with the women she loved every day. Instead, she and Marco found it empowering to live together, both through care for other people that they trusted and through caring for themselves as well as loved ones. It was the beginning of a new life and an incredibly comfortable and happy one with the women in love. A little over a year into their relationship, they were ready to begin talking to each other at his side, or kissing. He gave her the chance to say goodbye to their love, at the very least if she could, and a kiss before he would leave. They kept to their plan for years and years, waiting for the moment to finally come. Finally, in December of 1999, Alicia met and talked to Juan Carlos Almodovars. Alicia had found out about his story and decided to give Juan a break. Alicia was so happy she sent Juan a handwritten letter in Spanish saying that they were going to be together forever. In her words, Juan wanted to spend his free time with Alicia, but with his parents, who could not help but keep his love. There was not much anyone could do more than think of, but they kept coming back and helping and making the whole relationship stronger. At last Alicia decided to give a try to Juan, and that is when it was all he could do at the end of the day: She would be my partner for many years to come. After this, Alicia had taken to blogging as much as writing, and her blog was even bigger. In June of 2001, she finally saw the light, and it began to make a difference. She started blogging as well, with the help of some others who had found out more about her relationship with her partner. These
Benino makes several false proclamations of love to Alicia. Benino constantly tells Marco of how much he loves Alicia while they are in the hospital together. There is no way that he can love her because Benino never even knew her. Before she was in a coma, he saw her a few times and spoke hardly two words to her any time they met. If anything, he was in lust with her. He enjoyed watching her dance, thought she was pretty, and was smitten by her. However, in order to love someone you have to have spoken to them, to know them, and for them to know who you are. Alicia and Benino did not have a relationship in any way. For Benino to tell Alicia and other people that he loves her is not fair to Alicia. Because she is in a coma, she has no say in what Benino says or does to her. Not only does Benino make false proclamations of love to Alicia, but Lydia, the gored, comatose, bullfighter, makes false proclamations of love to her boyfriend Marco as well. While Marco and Lydia were together, Lydia was also seeing another man. Before the bullfight that put Lydia in the hospital, Lydia told Marco that she loved him, when clearly she didnt because she was cheating on him. This is also an instance of betrayal. Lydia betrayed Marcos trust by cheating on him.
Lydia was not the only person in this film to betray someone. Benino betrays not only Alicia but also her father, the staff of the hospital, and also Marco. Beninos obsession with Alicia becomes sick and twisted when he rapes the comatose girl. Alicias father can no longer trust Benino with his daughter because of what hes done. Benino also betrayed Alicias father when he told him that he was gay. By telling him this lie, Benino gave him no reason not to trust him with his daughter. The hospital can no longer trust him with any other patients, and Marco cant