Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 · TMDB 7.4 · Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Why it matters
A Madrid actress's life unravels over a few chaotic days, with a batch of gazpacho laced with sleeping pills at the centre of the madness.
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Released
- 1988-03-25
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- TMDB score
- 7.4
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