Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

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Synopsis
Though the kinky characters and aberrant social behavior common to the works of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar are very evident in his Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the film is at heart a door-slamming farce in the grand tradition. The tiny apartment of pregnant actress Carmen Maura is the "Grand Central Station" setpiece for this dizzying tale. Distraught over her recent breakup with her lover, Carmen prepares to overdose on sleeping pills, which she blends into a gazpacho so they'll go down easier. She is diverted from her suicide by her best friend Maria Barranco, a fugitive from justice (her boy friend is a Shi'Ite terrorist) who needs a place to stay. Later, when Carmen's apartment is empty, her ex-lover's grown son (Antonio Banderas) comes to the apartment with his fiance (Rossy de Palma) in answer to Carmen's "room to let" newspaper ad. The wife inadvertently ingests Carmen's "pill sauce," and as she blissfully snoozes, the husband inaugurates an affair with Carmen's friend Barranco. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Jose Luis Alcaine	Cinematographer
Bernardo Bonezzi	Composer (Music Score)
Jose Maria de Cossio	Costume Designer
Pedro Almodóvar	Director
José Salcedo	Editor
Agustín Almodóvar	Executive Producer
Pedro Almodóvar	Producer
Esther Garcia	Production Manager
Pedro Almodóvar	Screenwriter
Gilles Ortion	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Comedy

Awards
1987 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1988 - Best "Young" European Film - European Film Academy
1988 - Best Foreign Film - National Board of Review
1988 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy
1988 - Best Foreign-Language Film - Golden Globe
1988 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy
1988 - Best Foreign Language Film - Golden Globe
1988 - Best "Young" European Film - European Film Academy
1988 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1988 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival
1988 - Best Foreign Language Film - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1989 - Best Foreign-Language Film - British Academy Awards
1989 - Best Foreign Language Film - British Academy of Film and Television

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Antonio Banderas	Carlos
Maria Barranco	Candela
Yayo Calvo
Rossy de Palma	Marisa
Fernando Guillén	Ivan
Chus Lampreave
Loles Leon
Kiti Manver	Paulina
Carmen Maura	Pepa
Julieta Serrano	Lucia
Ángel de Andrés Lopez

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

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