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ComedyDrama

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

- A comedy about someone you know.

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.

Release Date : 1988-03-25

Language :Spanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : El DeseoLaurenfilm

Production Country : Spain

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Carmen Maura

Character Name : Pepa

Original Name : Carmen Maura

Gender : Female

Antonio Banderas

Character Name : Carlos

Original Name : Antonio Banderas

Gender : Male

Julieta Serrano

Character Name : Lucía

Original Name : Julieta Serrano

Gender : Female

María Barranco

Character Name : Candela

Original Name : María Barranco

Gender : Female

Rossy de Palma

Character Name : Marisa

Original Name : Rossy de Palma

Gender : Female

Kiti Mánver

Character Name : Paulina Morales

Original Name : Kiti Mánver

Gender : Female

Guillermo Montesinos

Character Name : Taxi Driver

Original Name : Guillermo Montesinos

Gender : Male

Chus Lampreave

Character Name : Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

Original Name : Chus Lampreave

Gender : Female

Eduardo Calvo

Character Name : Lucía's Father

Original Name : Eduardo Calvo

Gender : Male

Loles León

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Loles León

Gender : Female

Ángel de Andrés López

Character Name : Police I

Original Name : Ángel de Andrés López

Gender : Male

Fernando Guillén

Character Name : Iván

Original Name : Fernando Guillén

Gender : Male

Juan Lombardero

Character Name : Germán

Original Name : Juan Lombardero

Gender : Male

José Antonio Navarro

Character Name : Police II

Original Name : José Antonio Navarro

Gender : Male

Ana Leza

Character Name : Ana

Original Name : Ana Leza

Gender : Male

Mary González

Character Name : Lucía's Mother

Original Name : Mary González

Gender : Female

Lupe Barrado

Character Name : Secretaria Paulina

Original Name : Lupe Barrado

Gender : Female

Joaquín Climent

Character Name : Police I Spot

Original Name : Joaquín Climent

Gender : Male

Chema Gil

Character Name : Police II Spot

Original Name : Chema Gil

Gender : Male

Gabriel Latorre

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Gabriel Latorre

Gender : Male

Francisca Caballero

Character Name : TV Announcer

Original Name : Francisca Caballero

Gender : Male

Carlos García Cambero

Character Name : Breakdown Employee

Original Name : Carlos García Cambero

Gender : Male

Agustín Almodóvar

Character Name : Real Estate Employee

Original Name : Agustín Almodóvar

Gender : Male

Carmen Espada

Character Name : Pharmacist

Original Name : Carmen Espada

Gender : Male

Federico García Cambero

Character Name : Pharmacy Clerk

Original Name : Federico García Cambero

Gender : Male

Gregorio Ros

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Gregorio Ros

Gender : Male

Imanol Uribe

Character Name : Husband

Original Name : Imanol Uribe

Gender : Male

José Marco

Character Name : Godfather

Original Name : José Marco

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

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 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.