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1989 | Comedy | Romance
101 mins Spain
Eighth movie by Pedro Almodovar. A young man is released from a psychiatric institution and promptly goes in search of his old girlfriend, who has become a famous actor while he was 'away'. However, she doesn't want to be reminded of her past, when she was a junkie and porn star, so he makes the entirely reasonable decision to kidnap her. Controversial in several countries; initially received an X certificate from the American censors.
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (1988) | Produced by | El Deseo |
| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Writer | Pedro Almodovar and Yuyi Beringola |
| Cast | Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon, Francisco Rabal, Julieta Serrano and Maria Barranco |
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I suppose it's conceivable that you could make quite an interesting and provocative film based on such a premise, provided you approached it the right way (perhaps in this case doing it ironically might be justified). However, Almodovar plays it unexpectedly straight, and quite apart from how dodgy the basis of the plot is, not even actors like Banderas and Abril (who do the best they can with the material) can make the story work. Lots of interesting characters and story material gets crowded out to the edges of the film, and it's oddly graphic for what's supposed to be a romance. Watchable but not satisfying.
