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This Oscar-nominated film won five Goyas, including Best Film, Best Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar) and Best Actress (Carmen Maura).
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. With Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco. A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar working in a distinctly feminist vein, with richly rewarding results. When Pepa Marcos' (Carmen Maura) lover Ivan...
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas and Julieta Serrano. The plot follows actress Pepa, who, after her lover Iván leaves without explanation, sets out to find the reason ...
Continuing the auteur’s exploration of the female psyche, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown tells the story of Pepa—played by the director’s frequent collaborator Carmen Maura—who resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her.
