Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

A comedy about someone you know.

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Release Date

3/25/1988

Runtime

88 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

$700,000

Revenue

$14,979,298

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A whirlwind of slapstick chaos and emotional turbulence that spirals from despair into euphoric madness. Almodóvar tosses his heroine into an increasingly ridiculous cascade of interruptions where the absurdity of life becomes its own salvation.

Mood

ExhilaratingAbsurdBittersweetDefiant

Themes

LoveFriendshipBetrayalIdentityComing apart

Tone

Comedic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genrePainterly

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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