Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

88 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 25, 1988

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.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

88 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 25, 1988

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers El Deseo, Laurenfilm
Original title Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Directors Julián Núñez Sánchez, Marisa Ibarra, Miguel Ángel Pérez Campos, Pedro Almodóvar
Writers Jean Cocteau, Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Carmen Maura

as Pepa

Antonio Banderas

as Carlos

Julieta Serrano

as Lucía

María Barranco

as Candela

Rossy de Palma

as Marisa

Kiti Mánver

as Paulina Morales

Guillermo Montesinos

as Taxi Driver

Chus Lampreave

as Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

Eduardo Calvo

as Lucía's Father

Loles León

as Secretary

Juan Lombardero

as Germán

José Antonio Navarro

as Police II

Ana Leza

as Ana

Mary González

as Lucía's Mother

Lupe Barrado

as Secretaria Paulina

Joaquín Climent

as Police I Spot

Chema Gil

as Police II Spot

Gabriel Latorre

as Priest

Francisca Caballero

as TV Announcer

Carlos García Cambero

as Breakdown Employee

Agustín Almodóvar

as Real Estate Employee

Carmen Espada

as Pharmacist

Federico García Cambero

as Pharmacy Clerk

Gregorio Ros

as Doctor

Imanol Uribe

as Husband

José Marco

as Godfather