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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) with The Human Voice (2020)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Run Time: 118 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1988 Language: Spanish
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave, Eduardo Calvo, Guillermo Montesinos, Julieta Serrano, Kiti Mánver, Loles León, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma
Country: Spain
Language: English, Spanish
Double Feature! Discover two celebrated films from the vanguard of modern Spanish cinema, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.
“Melding melodrama with screwball farce… [Almodóvar] channeled Hollywood inspiration into his own unique vision, arriving at the irreverent humor and vibrant visual sense that define his work today”
– Criterion on Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pedro Almodóvar first achieved international recognition for the black comedy-drama Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards. In the film, a television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.
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His most recently released film, The Human Voice (2020), premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. In the film, two living beings face abandonment: a woman who watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him.
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