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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

"A comedy about someone you know."

1988-03-25 Comedy 1hr 28m

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

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Storyline

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

  • Released
    1988-03-25
  • Revenue
    $14,979,298
  • Budget
    $700,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 28m
  • Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Español
  • imdb-logo
    7.5
  • Production
    El Deseo, Laurenfilm

Crew

Pedro Almodóvar
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay
Pedro Almodóvar
Producer
Keywords:
infidelity friendship airport madrid, spain suicide attempt pregnancy female friendship slapstick comedy female protagonist terrorism relationship nervous breakdown ex-wife mental health sleeping pill lies independent film apartment actress frustration

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Cast

Carmen Maura

Carmen Maura
Pepa
Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas
Carlos
Julieta Serrano

Julieta Serrano
Lucía
María Barranco

María Barranco
Candela
Rossy de Palma

Rossy de Palma
Marisa
Kiti Mánver

Kiti Mánver
Paulina Morales
Guillermo Montesinos

Guillermo Montesinos
Taxi Driver
Chus Lampreave

Chus Lampreave
Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper
Eduardo Calvo

Eduardo Calvo
Lucía's Father
Loles León

Loles León
Secretary
Ángel de Andrés López

Ángel de Andrés López
Police I
Fernando Guillén

Fernando Guillén
Iván
Juan Lombardero

Juan Lombardero
Germán
José Antonio Navarro

José Antonio Navarro
Police II
Ana Leza

Ana Leza
Ana
Mary González

Mary González
Lucía's Mother
Lupe Barrado

Lupe Barrado
Secretaria Paulina
Joaquín Climent

Joaquín Climent
Police I Spot
Chema Gil

Chema Gil
Police II Spot
Gabriel Latorre

Gabriel Latorre
Priest
Francisca Caballero

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TV Announcer
Carlos García Cambero

Carlos García Cambero
Breakdown Employee
Agustín Almodóvar

Agustín Almodóvar
Real Estate Employee
Carmen Espada

Carmen Espada
Pharmacist
Federico García Cambero

Federico García Cambero
Pharmacy Clerk
Gregorio Ros

Gregorio Ros
Doctor
Imanol Uribe

Imanol Uribe
Husband
José Marco

José Marco
Godfather

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-04-11

"I was a virgin this morning, but I'm not sure now...". Well after ninety minutes of these shenanigans, I'm surprised she was even certain a... read more

"I was a virgin this morning, but I'm not sure now...". Well after ninety minutes of these shenanigans, I'm surprised she was even certain about the morning. The story follows actress "Pepa" (Carmen Maura) who is despondent after being left by boyfriend "Iván" (Fernando Guillén). Determined to find out why, and pregnant, she contacts his former wife "Lucia" (Julieta Serrano), herself fresh from a lengthy stint in a sanatorium and living with her rather geeky looking twenty-something son "Carlos" (Antonio Banderas) but they can't really shed much light on his behaviour either. Whilst all this is going on, a group of terrorists is believed to have carried out an atrocity in Madrid and it might be that her best friend "Candela" (Marisa Barranco) could be mixed up as she had them stay in her apartment for an evening of furious jogging - so now she's in hiding. With the media and the cops on the trail of the killers, Pedro Almodóvar now crams enough slapstick comedy into this to rival anything Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau ever did. There's nothing nor anybody left out - even a bleach blond gay guy and some ridiculous high heeled antics to keep the pace rocketing along til a denouement that closes the story, but that hardly matters. This is about the characters and both Maura and and Barranco are on entertaining form delivering a pithy and humorous script as the plot lurches from the daft to the dafter. Well worth a watch this.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

"I was a virgin this morning, but I'm not sure now...". Well after ninety minutes of these shenanigans, I'm surprised she was even certain about the morning. The story follows actress "Pepa" (Carmen Maura) who is despondent after being left...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-04-11

"I was a virgin this morning, but I'm not sure now...". Well after ninety minutes of these shenanigans, I'm surprised she was even certain about the morning. The story follows actress "Pepa" (Carmen M...

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