Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Original title: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" · Turkish title: Sinir Krizinin Eşiğindeki Kadınlar
“A new comedy about someone you know.”
1988 · 1 h 28 min
Cast
Carmen Maura 
Antonio Banderas 
Julieta Serrano 
Rossy de Palma
Credits
Written by: 
Pedro Almodóvar
Plot
A Madrid actress tries to find the lover who has left her, amid a chaotic series of comic events.
Sinekatalog’s take
Pedro Almodóvar's breakthrough comedy is a bright, fast farce full of gazpacho, phones and frantic women. Carmen Maura leads a delightful ensemble in a candy-coloured Madrid.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (51,445 votes)
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