Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
936 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 28m
1988
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.
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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.
- DirectorPedro Almodóvar
- Release25 March 1988
- Genre
- Duration1h 28m
- Budget$700,000
- Revenue$14,979,298
- Rate936 reviews
- Productions
El Deseo, Laurenfilm
Cast

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

Mary González
Lucía's Mother

Lupe Barrado
Secretaria Paulina

Joaquín Climent
Police I Spot

Gabriel Latorre
Priest

Francisca Caballero
TV Announcer

Carlos García Cambero
Breakdown Employee

Agustín Almodóvar
Real Estate Employee

Imanol Uribe
Husband

José Marco
Godfather
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