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"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"
1988
Directed by Pedro Almodovar

The latest wacky comedy from Pedro Almodovar once again stars Carmen Maura, his perennial leading lady. She plays a popular Spanish actress driven to distraction when her lover leaves for another woman. She knows she can talk him out of leaving if only she can talk directly to him and not deal with the answering machine. A comedy of errors ensues that involve a drugged pitcher of gazpacho, Shiite terrorists and a mental patient who left the asylum too soon. The receipient of wide critical acclaim, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown won  NYFCC Award (New York Film Critics Circle) for Best Foreign Language Film. Spanish with English subtitles.
98 minutes.

Guest Comments

From:  "christina"

"Yes its me again a student from MCC in Arizona. This movie was very interesting it happened to be the first Almodavar movie that i had seen and boy was it something. Very confusing and fast paced. I feel that it is a must see because i know many women that could easily go the way pepa did in this movie. I am so glad that i have had the chance to see this movie and i plan on viewing many other films of his."