
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A comedy about someone you know.
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Release Date
3/25/1988Runtime
88 minsOverview
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
ReleasedOriginal Language
SpanishBudget
$700,000Revenue
$14,979,298Homepage
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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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