Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988ComedyDrama88 mins

Plot

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.

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Director

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Screenplay

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Story

  • Jean Cocteau

    Theatre Play

  • José Luis Alcaine

    Director of Photography

  • José Salcedo

    Editor

  • Carmen Maura

    Pepa

  • Antonio Banderas

    Carlos

  • Julieta Serrano

    Lucía

  • María Barranco

    Candela

  • Rossy de Palma

    Marisa

  • Kiti Mánver

    Paulina Morales

  • Guillermo Montesinos

    Taxi Driver

  • Chus Lampreave

    Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

  • Eduardo Calvo

    Lucía's Father

  • Loles León

    Secretary

  • Ángel de Andrés López

    Police I

  • Fernando Guillén

    Iván

  • Juan Lombardero

    Germán

  • José Antonio Navarro

    Police II

  • Ana Leza

    Ana

  • Mary González

    Lucía's Mother

  • Lupe Barrado

    Secretaria Paulina

  • Joaquín Climent

    Police I Spot

  • Chema Gil

    Police II Spot

  • Gabriel Latorre

    Priest

  • Francisca Caballero

    TV Announcer

  • Carlos García Cambero

    Breakdown Employee

  • Agustín Almodóvar

    Real Estate Employee

  • Carmen Espada

    Pharmacist

  • Federico García Cambero

    Pharmacy Clerk

  • Gregorio Ros

    Doctor

  • Imanol Uribe

    Husband

  • José Marco

    Godfather

  • Runtime

    88 minutes

    Released

    1988-03-25

    Languages

    Español

    Countries

    Spain

    Studios

    El Deseo

    Laurenfilm

    Sound

  • Bernardo Bonezzi

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    371 days ago

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