Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" [videorecording] / Laurenfilm , El Deseo S.A. presentatan ; un film de Pedro Almodóvar ; guión y dirección, Pedro Almodóvar.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 33221 | Sony Pictures ClassicsLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics ; [Distributed by] Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1435993675
- 9781435993679
- Title on container: Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
- Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Motion picture).
- Edited by José Salcedo ; music by Bernardo Bonezzi ; director of photography, José Luis Alcane
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Though the kinky characters and aberrant social behavior common to the works of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar are very evident in his Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the film is at heart a door-slamming farce in the grand tradition. The tiny apartment of pregnant actress Carmen Maura is the "Grand Central Station" setpiece for this dizzying tale. Distraught over her recent breakup with her lover, Carmen prepares to overdose on sleeping pills, which she blends into a gazpacho so they'll go down easier. She is diverted from her suicide by her best friend Maria Barranco, a fugitive from justice (her boy friend is a Shi'Ite terrorist) who needs a place to stay. Later, when Carmen's apartment is empty, her ex-lover's grown son (Antonio Banderas) comes to the apartment with his fiance (Rossy de Palma) in answer to Carmen's "room to let" newspaper ad. The wife inadvertently ingests Carmen's "pill sauce," and as she blissfully snoozes, the husband inaugurates an affair with Carmen's friend Barranco. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Edited by José Salcedo ; music by Bernardo Bonezzi ; director of photography, José Luis Alcane
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano.
When a woman's lover leaves her, she discovers that the police are looking for her because of his criminal activities. After talking to a female lawyer, she discovers that her lawyer is her old lover's new girlfriend.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Spanish dialogue with optional English or French subtitles.