Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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Cast & Crew

Carmen Maura
Pepa Marcos

Antonio Banderas
Carlos

Julieta Serrano
Lucía

María Barranco
Candela

Rossy de Palma
Marisa

Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Iván

Kiti Manver
Paulina Morales

Chus Lampreave
Portera Testiga de Jehová

Eduardo Calvo
Padre de Lucía

Lotes Leon
Secretaria

Ángel de Andrés López
Policia 1

Guillermo Montesinos

Pedro Almodóvar
Director

Agustín Almodóvar
Executive Producer

Pedro Almodóvar
Producer

Bernardo Bonezzi
Original Music

C. Curet Alonso
Original Music

Ventura Rodríguez
Original Music

José Luis Alcaine
Cinematographer

José Salcedo
Film Editing

Julian Núñez
Assistant Director

Miguel Ángel Pérez Campos
Assistant Director

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Audience Reviews for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

• Sep 01, 2017

  I like the way the legacy of Franco's dictatorship is sort of unspoken motivation for each of the older characters. It's still a farce, but one where the stakes feel real.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Feb 27, 2014

  Feminist film? Are you kidding me? Two women try to commit suicide after breaking up with their lovers, which invariably signals that women's identity is defined by their relationships, right? Furthermore, every main female character minus two fawn over the same man and basically go insane over him. Can someone please explain to me how that's even remotely feminist? Besides that, we finally get a film that's not a pornography, so that's a nice change. The story is decent, but too many things happen without explanation that drive the plot in a very roundabout way to reach its conclusion. The editing is not only predictable but mundane and the lighting in nearly every scene is extremely flat. There's just no depth to the film whatsoever, which makes it boring.
  Jason 123 D Super Reviewer
• Oct 07, 2012

  Slap-happy, fun, riotous - one of Almodovar's best stings with enjoyment.
  Tony G Super Reviewer
• Apr 11, 2012

  A bizarre black comedy that sometimes wanders into screwball territory. It is a tale about a group of women all suffering in their way. Being the first outright comedy I have seen from Almodovar, I had a hard time allowing myself to laugh and spent the first half of the film soley trying to analyze the color schemes & feminist themes. It wasn't until about half way through that I realized that while analysis is important, Almodovar wants us to have fun as well. Once I took my critic hat off, I found myself having a good time.The acting, while incredibly zany, is really good and the script is absurdly funny. I'll need to see it again to really appreciate it's offbeat nature, but until then I had a good time with these funny albeit forlorn women.
  Reid V Super Reviewer