Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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Spanish film dark comedy film film

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish dark comedy film directed by Pedro Almodóvar that follows a group of women dealing with love, betrayal, and emotional chaos in Madrid.

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown canonical 13
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Broadway musical) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish film ⓘ
dark comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
awardWon Goya Award for Best Film ⓘ
Goya Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form: Goya Award for Best Leading Actress

Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Candela ⓘ
Ivan ⓘ
surface form: Iván

Lucia ⓘ
surface form: Lucía

Marisa ⓘ
Pepa Marcos ⓘ
cinematographyBy José Luis Alcaine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
director Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
distributedBy Laurenfilm ⓘ
editedBy José Salcedo ⓘ
era late 1980s Spanish cinema ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasFilmLocation Madrid ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
leadCharacter Pepa Marcos ⓘ
mainTheme betrayal ⓘ
emotional chaos ⓘ
love ⓘ
musicBy Bernardo Bonezzi ⓘ
narrativeFocus group of women ⓘ
notableFor blend of melodrama and farce ⓘ
portrayal of female emotional crises ⓘ
use of bright color palette ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ⓘ
partOf Pedro Almodóvar filmography ⓘ
producer Agustín Almodóvar ⓘ
productionCompany El Deseo ⓘ
releaseDateSpain 1988-03-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 88 ⓘ
screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
settingLocation Madrid ⓘ
starredActor Antonio Banderas ⓘ
Carmen Maura ⓘ
Julieta Serrano ⓘ
María Barranco ⓘ
Rossy de Palma ⓘ

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El Deseo → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Antonio Banderas → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Pedro Almodóvar → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Agustín Almodóvar → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Tamsin Greig → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Rachel Bay Jones → performedIn → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Sherie Rene Scott → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Lincoln Center Theater → producedWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Broadway musical)
Bartlett Sher → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Broadway musical)
Nevin Steinberg → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
David Yazbek → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
David Yazbek → wroteMusicFor → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
David Yazbek → wroteLyricsFor → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Laura Benanti → notableWork → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
Laura Benanti → performedIn → Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ⓘ