Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Mar 25, 1988

1h 28m

★ 7.4

A comedy about someone you know.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

El Deseo

Laurenfilm

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Trailers

Cast

Pepa

Carmen Maura

Carlos

Antonio Banderas

Lucía

Julieta Serrano

Candela

María Barranco

Marisa

Rossy de Palma

Paulina Morales

Kiti Mánver

Taxi Driver

Guillermo Montesinos

Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

Chus Lampreave

Lucía's Father

Eduardo Calvo

Secretary

Loles León

Police I

Ángel de Andrés López

Iván

Fernando Guillén

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