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Creating "one of the jauntiest of all war-of-the-sexes comedies" (Pauline Kael) , Pedro Almodvar, Spain's premiere writer-director, creates an off-kilter universe of madness, mayhem and pure fun. Nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and co-starring Antonio Banderas, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdownis "a wild, wanton, wickedly witty farce! (People) " High atop one of Spain's poshest penthouses, three women have come to the end of their mental ropes. Super-sexy Pepa (Carmen Maura) is forever teetering around atop her skyscraper spikes as she obsesses over Ivn (Fernando Guilln) , the lover who just jilted her over the answering machine! Her neurotic best friend Candela (Mara Barranco) is seeking refuge at Pepa's place because she recently realized her lover is a Shiite terrorist. And Ivn's ex-wife Luca (Julieta Serrano) was just released from a 20-year stint in a mental institution. They're all mighty mad -- in fact, they're on the verge of a

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