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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

  • March 25, 1988
  • 88 min.
  • Comedy, Drama
  • Spain
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.

Original title: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

18

nominations

28%

winning rate

5

wins

British Academy Film Awards #43 - 1990

Award People Status
Best International Feature Film Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar

Academy Awards #61 - 1989

Award People Status
Best International Feature Film Pedro Almodóvar

Goya Awards #3 - 1989

Award People Status
Best Picture Winner
Best Directing Pedro Almodóvar
Best Actress in a Leading Role Carmen Maura Winner
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Guillermo Montesinos
Best Actress in a Supporting Role María Barranco Winner
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Julieta Serrano
Best Original Screenplay Pedro Almodóvar Winner
Best Cinematography José Luis Alcaine
Best Original Score Bernardo Bonezzi
Best Film Editing José Salcedo Winner
Best Sound Gilles Ortion
Best Production Design Félix Murcia
Best Production Supervision Esther García
Best Costume Design José María Cossío
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Jesús Moncusi, Gregorio Ros
Best Special Effects Reyes Abades

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