Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 123movies

Watch: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios 1988 123movies, Full Movie Online – Pepa’s lover, Iván, leaves her and she tries to contact him to find out why he’s left. In her search for Iván, she confronts his wife and son, who are as clueless as she is. Meanwhile, Candela, her friend, is afraid the police might be looking for her because of her ex-boyfriend, a muslim terrorist, and his criminal activities. As the plot develops, it is revealed that everyone’s lives are more intertwined than they could have ever expected..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 42,130
	91% | RottenTomatoes
	85/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 714 Popularity: 11.92 | TMDB

Reviews:

My brief review of the film
An interesting Spanish comedy, the film’s humour is derived mostly from the events being so absurd. Some aspects are overly ridiculous, but it is still very entertaining stuff, executed in a lively manner with an appropriately fast pace and suitable music choices. It is constantly interesting on a visual level, with vibrant colours, creative camera angles, and a lot of framing and close-up shots. The action is a bit frantic and the plot is a little too convoluted, but the film maintains an almost fantasy-like atmosphere, in which it feels like anything is possible, and this quality makes it an enjoyable, unique watch. It is hard to say if Almodóvar is trying to say anything at all here, as there are some ideas raised about consequences that are not explored in much depth. Still, the originality of it all keeps it afloat, and it is certainly quite an unusual (in a positive sense) cinematic experience.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
This Spanish comedy follows actress Pepa whose boyfriend, Iván, has just left her. What follows is a comedy of coincidences and mishaps. Pepa accidentally sets fire to her bed shortly before her friend Candela calls, she is worried because she has just learnt that her boyfriend is a terrorist and fears she will be arrested for harbouring him. Then Carlos, Iván’s son, and his fiancée turn up to look at the flat, which Pepa is planning to rent out; Carlos had no idea of Pepa’s connection to his father till he sees a picture in the flat. Things only escalate as Carlos tries to help Candela with her problem in a way that only serves to get the police to the flat; but not before Carlos’s mother, who was recently released from a psychiatric hospital turns up.

If you want a realistic story this won’t be for you; just about everything that happens relies on unlikely coincidences. For me this unlikeliness only served to make it funnier. The characters themselves are only slightly exaggerated; one feels that in more normal situations they would be ordinary people. There are plenty of laughs from start to finish; highlights include gazpacho soup that has been laced with sleeping pills, a visit to a lawyer who may be able to help Candela, and a rather different taxi driver. Writer/director Pedro Almodóvar does a fine job successfully takes the comedy to a high level without tipping into silliness. He is aided by a fine cast that includes Carmen Maura, as Pepa; María Barranco as Candela and a young, pre-Hollywood, Antonio Banderas as Carlos. Overall I’d certainly recommend this to fans of farcical comedy; it is very funny.

These comments are based on watching the film in Spanish with English subtitles.

Other Information:

Original Language es
Runtime 1 hr 28 min (88 min)
Budget 700000
Revenue 7179298
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Pedro Almodóvar
Writer Pedro Almodóvar, Jean Cocteau
Actors Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano
Country Spain
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 22 wins & 24 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Ultra Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Madrid Film S.A., Madrid, Spain
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm