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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

R ★ 7.4/10 88 min Comedy, Drama Spain Spanish
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay by: Pedro Almodóvar
Theatre Play: Jean Cocteau
Story by: Pedro Almodóvar
Streaming: Not available
A comedy about someone you know.

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Carmen Maura
Carmen Maura Pepa
Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas Carlos
Julieta Serrano
Julieta Serrano Lucía
María Barranco
María Barranco Candela
Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma Marisa
Kiti Mánver
Kiti Mánver Paulina Morales
Guillermo Montesinos
Guillermo Montesinos Taxi Driver
Chus Lampreave
Chus Lampreave Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Appears on 11 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

TIFF People's Choice Award Winners and Runners Up
Toronto International Film Festival #87

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #228
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #851
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1016

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #50
Paste Magazines 80 Best Movies Of The 1980s
Paste Magazine #57
Rolling Stone - The 100 Greatest Movies Of 21st Century
Rolling Stone #77
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #99

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #221

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1980-1989 Films
Letterboxd #80

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #68

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