Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish absurdist dark comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas and Julieta Serrano. The plot fo
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Carmen Maura (left) plays Pepa Marcos, who is depressed because her lover Iván has left her. She spends the day coping with emergencies and desperately trying to give him a message.
Antonio Banderas plays Carlos, Ivan’s son, who is engaged to Marisa but becomes attracted to Candela.
Julieta Serrano plays Lucía, Ivan’s ex-wife, recently released from a mental hospital, who is coming to confront Pepa at gunpoint and to kill Ivan.
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Rosa Elena García Echave, known professionally as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar such as Law of Desire, Women on the Verge
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
…María Barranco as Candela Rossy de Palma as Marisa Kiti Mánver as Paulina Morales…
De Palma in 2018
De Palma at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival