Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano
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.
Comedy
Drama
Crude humor and satire
Moving relationship stories
Gags, jokes, and slapstick humor
Funny jokes and crude humor
Dreamlike, quirky, and surreal storytelling
Amusing jokes and witty satire
Quirky and endearing relationships