Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios /
Creating "one of the jauntiest of all war-of-all-sexes comedies" (Pauline Kael), Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's premiere writer-director, creates an off-kilter universe of madness, mayhem and pure fun. Nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and co-starring Anto...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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Sony Pictures Classics,
1988
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| Summary: | Creating "one of the jauntiest of all war-of-all-sexes comedies" (Pauline Kael), Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's premiere writer-director, creates an off-kilter universe of madness, mayhem and pure fun. Nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and co-starring Antonio Banderas, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a "wild, wanton, wickedly witty farce! (People)" High atop one of Spain's poshest penthouses, three women have come to the end of their mental ropes. Super-sexy Pepa (Carmen Maura) is forever teetering around atop her skyscraper spikes as she obsesses over Iván (Fernando Guillén), the lover who just jilted her over the answering machine! Her neurotic best friend Candela (María Barranco) is seeking refuge at Pepa's place because she recently realized her lover is a Shiite terrorist. And Iván's ex-wife Lucía (Julieta Serrano) was just released from a 20-year stint in a mental institution. They're all mighty mad - in fact, they're on the verge of a nervous breakdown ... and one of them is about to commit murder unless the other half-crazed femme fatales can stop her! |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017). Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (89 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 01:28:44 |
| Awards: | 2nd place 1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Best Actress 2nd place 1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Best Film Won 1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Foreign Language Film 3rd place 1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Actress Nominated 1990 BAFTA Awards, Best Film not in the English Language Nominated 1989 Golden Globes, Best Foreign Language Film |
| Production Credits: | Editor, José Salcedo ; music, Bernardo Bonezzi ; director of photography, José Luis Alcaine ; costume design, José M. de Cossío ; executive producer, Agustin Almodóvar. |
| Participant or Performer: | Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Manver, Guillermo Montesinos, Chus Lampreave, Yayo Calvo, Loles Leó́n, Angel de Andrés-López, Fernando Guillén. |
| Language: | In Spanish; with English subtitles. |
