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DVD

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Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown = Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN, EAS, WSQ)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

In Spanish, with English subtitles.

Performers

Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, Maria Barranco, Kiti Manver, Guillermo Montesinos, Fernando Guillén.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Pedro Almodóvar and executive producer Agustin Almodóvar ; new interviews with Pedro Almodóvar, Agustin Almodóvar, and actor Carmen Maura ; new discussion by film scholar Richard Pena of the film's impact in Spain and abroad ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.

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