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Film details
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Featuring
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Country
Spain
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Year
2002
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- TALK TO HER Alternative
- PARLE AVEC ELLE Alternative
Introduction
“[The] performances of the body become ways of communicating with others. The idea of the body as the authentic instrument of narration ultimately holds the distinct parts of the film together.”
Marvin D’Lugo, Pedro Almodóvar, 2006
Over his career, Pedro Almodóvar has returned again and again to certain tropes and motifs: the narrative that loops back to consume itself, the ostensibly sympathetic figure whose placid appearance hides aberrant yearnings and actions, and the slippery dynamics of power in romantic relationships and medical facilities. Talk to Her combines all these in typically beguiling fashion, if one that some critics found a touch too machine-tooled in comparison with the director’s best earlier work.
The interlocking narratives of Talk To Her concern two men, a nurse (Javier Cámara) and a journalist (Darío Grandinetti), who find themselves tending comatose objects of affection. There are revelations, betrayals and turnarounds, set against beautiful natural and architectural backdrops, and orchestrated in ways to keep the viewer at once transfixed and repelled.
Almodóvar cited as influential Michael Cunningham’s multi-perspective novel The Hours (itself filmed in 2002). Another Almodóvar film with a strong hospital theme is The Skin I Live In (2011).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Benigno
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Marco Zuloaga
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Alicia
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Lydia
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Nurse Rosa
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Katerina Bilova
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"Cafe Müller" ballet dancer
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"Cafe Müller" ballet dancer
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doctor
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Angela
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Matilde
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Niño de Valencia
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Lydia's sister
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caretaker
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TV chat show host
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Alfredo in 'Shrinking Lover' film
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Alicia's father
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Niño de Valencia's agent
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Amparo in 'Shrinking Lover' film
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nurse A
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head nurse
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hospital director
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prison director
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nurse
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priest
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psychiatrist's receptionist
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Lydia's sister's husband
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public official
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hospital receptionist
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Alfredo's mother
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lawyer
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dance academy employee
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himself
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Caetano Veloso's accompanist
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Caetano Veloso's accompanist
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Caetano Veloso's accompanist
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"Cafe Müller" ballet dancer
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"Cafe Müller" ballet dancer
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"Cafe Müller" ballet dancer
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"Cafe Müller" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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"Masurca Fogo" ballet dancer
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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special extra
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dance academy teacher
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dance academy pianist
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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dance academy dancer
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[party guest]
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[party guest]
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[doctor]
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[lawyer's receptionist]
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[Nurse B]
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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©/Production Company/Presented by
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With the participation of
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With the participation of
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[International Sales]
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Executive Producer
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Associate Producer
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Unit Manager
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Unit Manager ('Shrinking Lover']
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Production Manager
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Production Supervisor
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Assistant to Director
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Assistant to Director
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Script Supervisor
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Casting
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Casting (Assistant)
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Casting (2nd Assistant)
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Screenplay
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Director of Photography
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'Shrinking Lover' Director of Photogrphy
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Camera Operator
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Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
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Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
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Steadicam Operator
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Video Technician
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Video Technician
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Stills Photography
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Crew)
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Special Effects (Mechanics)
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Special Effects (Mechanics)
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Special Effects (Collaborator)
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Special Effects (Collaborator)
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Special Effects (Collaborator)
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Special Effects (Collaborator)
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Special Effects
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MPC (Supervisor)
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MPC (Production)
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MPC (Production)
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MPC (Compositor)
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MPC (Compositor)
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MPC (Compositor)
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MPC (Compositor)
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MPC (Compositor)
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MPC (3-D)
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MPC (3-D)
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MPC (3-D)
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MPC (3-D)
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MPC (Scanning)
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Special Effects
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EFE-X (Technician)
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EFE-X (Technician)
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EFE-X (Technician)
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EFE-X (Technician)
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EFE-X (Technician)
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EFE-X (Technician)
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Editor
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Art Director
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Art Director ("Cafe Müller")
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Art Director ("Masurca Fogo")
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Set Decorator
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Assistant Set Decorator
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Storyboard Artist
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer ("Cafe Müller")
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Costume Designer ("Masurca Fogo")
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Costume Design Assistant
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Wardrobe ("Cafe Müller")
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Wardrobe ("Masurca Fogo")
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Make-up
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Make-up ("Cafe Müller")
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Make-up Assistant
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Wigs/Hairpieces
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Animatronics
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Animatronics
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Animatronics
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Animatronics
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Hairstylist
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Title Design
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Title Design
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'Shrinking Lover' Filming
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'Shrinking Lover' Filming
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'Shrinking Lover' Filming
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Music
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Orchestra
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LSO Musician (Violin)
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LSO Musician (Violoncello)
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Musician (Violin 1)
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Musician (Violin 2)
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Musician (Viola)
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Musician (Violoncello)
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Music Samples (Violin 1)
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Music Samples (Violin 2)
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Music Samples (Viola)
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Music Samples (Violoncello)
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Orchestra Conductor
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Music Co-production
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Music Co-production
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Music Recording/Mixing
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Music Collaborator
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Choreogrphy 'Masurca Fogo'/'Café Müller'
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Sound
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Sound ("Cafe Müller")
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Sound ("Cafe Müller")
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2nd Unit Sound Technician
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Sound Mixing
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Sound Editing
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Sound Editing
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Sound Editing
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Sound Effects
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Bullfighting/Stunt Double
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Nursing Adviser
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Nursing Adviser
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Bullfighting Adviser
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Bullring Quadrille
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Bullring Quadrille
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Bullring Quadrille
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Bullring Quadrille
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Publicity
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