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.
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Cast
Pepa
Carmen Maura
Carlos
Antonio Banderas
Lucía
Julieta Serrano
Candela
María Barranco
Marisa
Rossy de Palma
Paulina Morales
Kiti Mánver
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Languages
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Release date
25 March 1988
Directors
Pedro Almodóvar
Genres
Comedy, Drama
TMDB Rating
7.4
Runtime
88 mins
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a Comedy film directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. It has a runtime of 88 minutes and a high TMDB audience rating of 7.4 from 876 votes.
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