Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

"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."

Cast

Carmen Maura

as Pepa

Antonio Banderas

as Carlos

Julieta Serrano

as Lucía

María Barranco

as Candela

Rossy de Palma

as Marisa

Kiti Mánver

as Paulina Morales

Guillermo Montesinos

as Taxi Driver

Chus Lampreave

as Jehovah's Witness Goalkeeper

Eduardo Calvo

as Lucía's Father

Loles León

as Secretary

Ángel de Andrés López

as Police I

Fernando Guillén

as Iván

Juan Lombardero

as Germán

José Antonio Navarro

as Police II

Ana Leza

as Ana

Mary González

as Lucía's Mother

Lupe Barrado

as Secretaria Paulina

Joaquín Climent

as Police I Spot

Chema Gil

as Police II Spot

Gabriel Latorre

as Priest

Francisca Caballero

as TV Announcer

Carlos García Cambero

as Breakdown Employee

Agustín Almodóvar

as Real Estate Employee

Carmen Espada

as Pharmacist

Federico García Cambero

as Pharmacy Clerk

Gregorio Ros

as Doctor

Imanol Uribe

as Husband

José Marco

as Godfather

Crew

José Luis Alcaine

Director of Photography

Pedro Almodóvar

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Screenplay

Bernardo Bonezzi

Original Music Composer

Agustín Almodóvar

Executive Producer

Félix Murcia

Set Decoration

Pedro Almodóvar

Producer

José María de Cossío

Costume Design

Eduardo Fernández

Sound Mixer

José Salcedo

Editor

Antonio Llorens

Associate Producer

Jean Cocteau

Theatre Play

Pedro Almodóvar

Story

Gilles Ortion

Sound

Luis Castro

Sound Effects

Miguel Ángel Pérez Campos

Assistant Director

Carlos García Cambero

Assistant Decorator

Alfredo Mayo

Camera Operator

Federico del Cerro

Set Dresser

Carlos Miguel

Key Grip

Juan Pedro Hernández

Makeup Artist

Emilio Cañuelo

Settings

Antonio «Mármol» Rodríguez

Boom Operator

Paulino Alonso

Lighting Technician

Enrique Bello

Electrician

Fernando Beltrán

Electrician

Josune Lasa

Tailor

David Jareño

Property Master

Manuel Laguna

Assistant Editor

Ramón Moya

Construction Coordinator

Juan Carlos Garrido

Location Manager

Esther García

Production Manager

Pablo Núñez

Title Designer

Gregorio Ros

Makeup Artist

Daniel Miranda

Property Master

Reyes Abades

Special Effects

Joaquín Manchado

Assistant Camera

Macusa Cores

Still Photographer

Fulgencio Rodríguez

Gaffer

Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Assistant Camera

Ángel Megino

Steadicam Operator

Rosa Ortiz

Assistant Editor

Julián Núñez Sánchez

Assistant Director

Alberto Arnal

Electrician

Martín Sánchez Fernández

Painter

Ximo Michavila

Telecine Colorist

Jesús Moncusi

Hairstylist

Fernanda Arnal

Production Secretary

Juan Luis Grande

Camera Car

Ángel Frutos

Driver

Alejandro Vázquez

Production Assistant

Juan Gatti

Title Designer

Marisa Ibarra

Script Supervisor

Julián Hernández

Driver

José Mancheño

Driver