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At its core, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios is deceptively simple. The film follows (Carmen Maura), a voice-over actress and commercial jingle writer living in Madrid. The film opens with Pepa in a state of frantic despair. Her long-time lover, Iván (Fernando Guillén), has suddenly left her with nothing but an answering machine message (which she accidentally erases before hearing it all). She suspects he has returned to his ex-wife, Lucía (Julieta Serrano), a woman recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

(Carmen Maura), a professional voice actress who is abruptly abandoned by her lover, Iván. Her desperate quest for an explanation spirals into a chaotic ensemble farce that takes place over a single afternoon and night, mostly within her penthouse apartment. Mujeres Al Borde De Un Ataque De Nervios - Wome...

Over the course of a single night, Pepa’s penthouse becomes a revolving door of the deranged: Iván’s furious, taxi-driving ex-wife (the legendary Lucia Bosè); their disturbed, real-estate-terrorist son; a refrigerator full of spiked gazpacho; and a group of hostage-taking Shiite terrorists. At its core, Mujeres al borde de un

No symbol in Almodóvar’s filmography is as potent as the spiked gazpacho. A cold soup of tomatoes, peppers, and bread—the humblest of Spanish staples—becomes a murder weapon, a sleeping potion, and ultimately, a bonding agent. When Candela drinks it by mistake and falls into a drugged sleep, the other women do not panic. They cover her with a blanket. They move the furniture around her. Her long-time lover, Iván (Fernando Guillén), has suddenly