Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A new comedy about someone you know.
After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Worldwide
- $15M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control in a deliciously chaotic series of events.
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Box Office & Release
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown returned 21.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $700,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $15M
- Release date
- Mar 25, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Spain
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